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  2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. There are numerous types of suture which differ by needle shape and size as well as thread material ...

  3. Suture materials comparison chart - Wikipedia

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    They tend to absorb this suture at a higher rate. Special precautions should be taken in elderly patients and patients with history of anemia and malnutrition conditions. As with any suture material, adequate knot security requires the accepted surgical technique of flat and square ties. The PDS suture knots must be properly placed to be secure.

  4. Curette - Wikipedia

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    A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure.In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge.

  5. Category:Surgical suture material - Wikipedia

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    Category: Surgical suture material. 7 languages. ... Suture materials comparison chart; V. Vicryl This page was last edited on 25 March 2017, at 23:32 (UTC). ...

  6. Catgut suture - Wikipedia

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    Surgical suture on needle holders. Catgut suture is a type of surgical suture made of twisted strands of purified collagen taken from the small intestine of domesticated ruminants or beef tendon. It is naturally degraded by the body's own proteolytic enzymes. Full tensile strength remains for at least 7 days, and absorption is complete by 90 ...

  7. Monocryl - Wikipedia

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    Monocryl is a synthetic, absorbable suture manufactured in Cornelia, Georgia, USA, and trademarked by Ethicon. It is composed of poliglecaprone 25, which is a copolymer of glycolide and epsilon-caprolactone. [1] It comes both dyed (violet) and undyed (clear) and is an absorbable monofilament suture.

  8. Polyglycolide - Wikipedia

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    Studies undergone using polyglycolide-made sutures have shown that the material loses half of its strength after two weeks and 100% after four weeks. The polymer is completely resorbed by the organism in a time frame of four to six months. [2] Degradation is faster in vivo than in vitro, this phenomenon thought to be due to cellular enzymatic ...

  9. Wound - Wikipedia

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    There are several methods that can be implemented to achieve primary closure of a wound, including suture, staples, skin adhesive, and surgical strips. Suture is the most frequently used for closure. [27] There are many types of suture, but broadly they can be categorized as absorbable vs non-absorbable and synthetic vs natural.