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Collagen coated vicryl mesh has been incubated with a series of urine collections from healthy and stoneforming patients. For comparison, collagen film, vicryl mesh, and a number of absorbable and non-absorbable sutures were similarly tested. Incubation in rabbit urine were also included in the study. Deposition of urinary salts, estimated qualitatively by electron microcopy, were observed on the collagen vicryl composite in approximately two thirds of the urines tested including rabbit urine. Those urines from patients with a high calcium excretion in particular caused urinary deposits on the material. Similar results were obtained with collagen film although the latter was not tested in rabbit urine. Considerably less deposits of urinary constituents were found with other absorbable materials such as vicryl mesh, vicryl sutures, and chromic catgut, whereas a higher proportion of concretions were found with the nonabsorbable sutures. The results indicate that urinary salt deposition may be a problem associated with collagen based composite materials after prolonged exposure to urine. It must, however, be emphasised that great care should be exercised when extrapolating any results obtained in-vitro to the in-vivo situation.
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Gorham, S.D., Anderson, J.D., Monsour, M.J. et al. The in-vitro assessment of a collagen/vicryl (polyglactin) composite film together with candidate suture materials for use in urinary tract surgery. Urol. Res. 16, 111–117 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261967
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