The results of this study suggest that utilising a knot design that has more inherent resistance to slippage of the first throw (e.g. the modified transfixing ligature, slip or single-double other side knots) may be preferable over square and surgeon's knots when tying a ligature on a bulky vascular pedicle like the ovarian stump in a large bitch.
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