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* Absorption of buried sutures appears prolonged because reptiles may lack proteolytic enzymes. Do not use catgut.
* Absorption of buried sutures appears prolonged because reptiles may lack proteolytic enzymes. Do not use catgut.
* Skin incisions tend to invert so use an everting suture pattern. Do not use continuous suture pattern in areas of stress (e.g. horizontal mattress, staples).
* Skin incisions tend to invert so use an everting suture pattern. Do not use continuous suture pattern in areas of stress (e.g. horizontal mattress, staples).
* Warn owners that shed skin may adhere in the areas of the healed surgical wounds for several sheds postoperatively. This can be gently removed.
* Warn owners that shed skin may adhere in the areas of the healed surgical wounds for several sheds postoperatively. This can be gently removed.
==Post-operative care==
==Post-operative care==