UTERINE ADHESIONS AFTER SUTURING THE UTER US WITH CATGUT OR VIRCRYL(R) CESAREAN-SECTIONS

A caesarean section was performed in 202 cows for the first time. The uterus of 103 of these cows was sutured with Vicryl(R) (7 metric) and the uterus of 99 cows was sutured with plain catgut (9 metric). The co ws were randomly allotted to the two groups. All cows were rectally ex amined to diagnose adhesions between the uterus and the surrounding ti ssue five weeks post partum. Adhesions were found in 50% of the cases. There were no differences in the number of adhesions and the severity of the adhesions between the catgut and the Vicryl(R) group (Table 1) .