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Based on the suture material used, dogs were assigned to the nonabsorbable polypropylene (NON) or slowly absorbable polydioxanone (ABS) group. Recorded data included patient demographics, echocardiographic evaluation, intraoperative parameters, postoperative echocardiographic screening, and long-term clinical examination.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>43 dogs were included (23 dogs in the NON group vs 20 dogs in the ABS group). No difference was found between groups regarding age, weight, duct size, surgical time, occurrence of intraoperative hemorrhage, or residual ductal flow. Complete ligation was achieved in 41 of 43 dogs. Postoperative residual ductal flow was detected on echocardiography in 1 dog in each group and progressed from minor at day 1 to trivial or absent at last follow-up. No long-term recanalization occurred in any of the groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Synthetic monofilament suture materials were successfully used to ligate left-to-right shunting PDA with the incidence of residual ductal flow similar to that reported for silk. No recanalization occurred with the use of resorbable suture material.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PDA closure can be safely performed with the use of either polypropylene or polydioxanone suture material.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.26.01.0037","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,1]],"date-time":"2026-04-01T21:18:51Z","timestamp":1775078331000},"page":"1-6","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Successful long-term patent ductus arteriosus closure in dogs can be achieved with the use of nonabsorbable or absorbable monofilament synthetic sutures"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"264","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6478-0267","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Alexander","family":"Schlake","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gitte","family":"Mampaey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Adelina","family":"Proteasa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pascale","family":"Smets","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hilde","family":"de Rooster","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bart","family":"Van Goethem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"ref1","series-title":"J Vet Cardiol","first-page":"192","article-title":"Prevalence of congenital heart disease in 76,301 mixed-breed dogs and 57,025 mixed-breed cats","volume":"17","author":"Schrope DP","year":"2015","unstructured":"Schrope DP. 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