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Clinical Trial
. 1992 Apr;37(2):94-6.

PDS II (polydioxanone) is the monofilament suture of choice for subcuticular wound closure following breast biopsy

A J Johnstone  1 , T G John, A M Thompson, M H Charles, J M Dixon
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  • PMID: 1377271
Clinical Trial

PDS II (polydioxanone) is the monofilament suture of choice for subcuticular wound closure following breast biopsy

A J Johnstone et al. J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1992 Apr.

Abstract

In a randomized study of 120 patients having a local anesthetic breast biopsy, wounds closed with subcuticular PDS II were cosmetically superior to those closed by Prolene.

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