Antimicrobial Sutures: Review and Update

Abstract

Surgical site infections (SSIs) occur when pathogenic organisms proliferate in surgical wounds, resulting in impediment of wound healing, separation of the wound edges (dehiscence), and increase in risk of abscesses in deeper wound tissues. Serious SSIs can progress from local to systemic infection, increase mortality risk, associate with longer length of stay in the hospital, cause a greater risk of readmission, and incur higher healthcare costs. Sutures can be a source of surgical wound contamination due to bacterial adherence and colonization. Sutures that were impregnated or coated with antibacterial agents have been developed in attempt to reduce bacterial adherence and colonization of suture materials. This reviews had discussed and updated a new strategy, use of antimicrobial sutures, to reduce SSIs

Key words: Antimicrobial suture, Antibactarial suture, Surgical site infection, Vicryl Plus, Triclosan