Letters
Swimming with sutures
Authors’ reply to Twoon and Ng
BMJ 2014; 349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g6159 (Published 14 October 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g6159- Katherine M Browne, specialist registrar in plastic surgery1,
- Olive Murphy, consultant microbiologist2,
- A James P Clover, consultant plastic surgeon1
- 1Department of Plastic Surgery, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- 2Department of Pathology, Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
- katheribrowne{at}rcsi.ie
Twoon and Ng correctly point out that we did not explicitly investigate suture type as a contributory factor for wound infections after swimming.1 2 …
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