Evaluation of a barbed suture device versus conventional suture in a canine enterotomy model.

Background: Unidirectional, barbed suture allows knotless wound closure with potential value for the progression of advanced suturing techniques. This study compared an absorbable barbed suture device to a monofilament suture in a single-layer enterotomy closure model.

Methods: A series of 10 enterotomies were created in the stomach, jejunum, and colon through midline laparotomy in 13 mongrels.

Comparison of V-Loc™ 180 wound closure device and Quill™ PDO knotless tissue-closure device for intradermal closure in a porcine in vivo model: evaluation of biomechanical wound strength.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the biomechanical strength of two barbed suture devices: V-Loc™ 180 Wound Closure Device and Quill™ PDO Knotless Tissue-Closure Device following primary cosmetic skin closures in a porcine dermal model.

Method: This prospective randomized, controlled in vivo trial compared size 3/0 V-Loc™ 180 device to size 2/0 Quill™ PDO device. Both products were tested for dermal closure in adult porcine models and evaluated at five timepoints.

An in vivo comparison of barbed suture devices and conventional monofilament sutures for cosmetic skin closure: biomechanical wound strength and histology.

Background: Very little biomechanical or histological data exist in the peer-reviewed literature comparing absorbable monofilament sutures to commercially-available knotless, absorbable barbed suture devices for cosmetic closure of skin incisions.

Objectives: The authors compare two commercially-available knotless, barbed suture devices against a conventional monofilament suture in a porcine model for biomechanical wound strength and histological quality of healing.

Methods: This prospective randomized trial included 18 animals randomly assigned among three groups, with six in each.

Barbed suture for gastrointestinal closure: a randomized control trial.

In an effort to make laparoscopic suturing more efficient, the V-Loc advanced wound closure device (Covidien, Mansfield, MA) has been produced. This device is a self-anchoring barbed suture that obviates the need for knot tying. The goal of this initial feasibility study was to investigate the use of the barbed suture in gastrointestinal enterotomy closure.