In vivo assessment of absorbable knotless barbed suture for single layer gastrotomy and enterotomy closure.

Objective: To compare the performance of an absorbable barbed suture device to absorbable monofilament suture after single layer, appositional gastrotomy and enterotomy closure.

Study Design: Experimental comparative study.

Animals: Purpose-bred adult mongrel hounds (n = 14).

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.