EFFECT OF ABSORBABLE SUTURES IN HEALING OF CLEAN AND INFECTED WOUNDS IN BUFFALOS

Polyglycolic acid produced very mild inflammatory and higher proliferative changes with laying down of fibroplasia in clean wounds when compared to moderate inflammatory changes produced by catgut. Severe inflammatory and suppurative changes were seen in infected wounds. Antibiotic-treated infected wounds showed mild inflammatory and degenerative changes. Clean wounds healed by primary interation. In early stage infected wounds were weak but by 90 days no significant inflammatory reaction was discemible in dexon-sutured wounds but catgut revealed the presence of macrophages and lymphocytes. There was delayed healing in infected treated wounds without any complication. Such wounds sutured with dexon revealed low degree of degenerative changes and early healing with sufficient fibroplasia.