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==Wound healing==
==Wound healing==
* Surgical incisions strengthen slowly because of the physiology of reptile would healing. Factors affecting wound healing include: ambient temperature, hygiene, orientation. Leave sutures in for at least three to six weeks.
* Surgical incisions in reptiles undergo the same phases of healing as mammalian wounds but strengthen much more slowly. Factors affecting wound healing include would include ambient temperature (i.e. POTZ), hygiene, orientation (longitudinal wounds heal more quickly). Leave sutures in for at least three to six weeks.
* 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
* 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.
Skin incisions tend to invert so use an everting suture pattern
==Post-operative care==
==Post-operative care==