https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/7225/bitch-spays Can you tell me what your vets use as suture material in the midline muscle for bitch spays? Does anyone know what is recommended? Does anyone have any particular reactions with certain suture materials? Thanks en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71094?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 18:43:51 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0a2c66c0-4e16-48cd-989d-19c66704626eMrs Dot Dot<p>Thanks everyone<img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Smile" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71079?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:59:26 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:3be6dc14-7e7a-4c84-b35d-68c0ed9f8325Vicky RVN<p>Generally vicryl.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71049?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:18:07 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6dda52c3-0d35-4083-803e-0d4949b099f8Maisy<p>Most vets I&#39;ve worked with tend to use PDS or Vicryl, only occasionally will catgut be used for linea alba suturing.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71048?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:17:32 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0ee8e144-f1c3-41fb-8313-7d60742247c5Kim Buckley<p>Vicryl and haven&#39;t seen many reactions. We did have one who we had to re-suture and we used biosyn for this. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71047?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:13:54 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a83a50ef-b9a6-43fa-917f-14c458518e26Royalsuper_fairy<p>I will always give the vet the choice of PDS or vicryl. I hate the idea of using Cat gut midline</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71044?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:11:51 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:bc529cda-c926-40d5-b68e-1eac9ddcf79eCatherine Raymond<p>We always use vicryl.&nbsp; Have been told never to use catgut midline by many different vets!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71040?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:09:17 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7db14f02-64d7-46ab-8868-5c624906cbf1Royalsuper_fairy<p>The Vets that I am working with currently use PDS for closing the midline. Have worked with vets that used cat gut to close the midline but we saw reactions with this.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/71039?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:09:10 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:bf2697d1-2ae9-4312-b59c-66133d1d630fHannah Lowe<p>Our vets use vicryl (poly..910?), very occasionally do we get reactions and these normally sort themselves out with time.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>