PubMed · 12704888
[Clinical application--suture materials].
Abstract
The surgical suture should be chosen in dependence of the tissue being operated upon and be oriented on the main properties of its chemical composition. Synthetic absorbable suture materials are the first choice in the majority of the procedures, to prevent the formation of foreign body reaction--excepting sites subjected to continuous mechanical stress, for example hernias, orthopedic and vascular surgery. By causing lesser tissue damage and interfilament bacterial transport, monofilament sutures are preferable than multifilament ones. However, knotting monofilament sutures requires additional skills in comparison to multifilament strains, due to their special handling an knotting properties.
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A Thiede, U Dietz, S Debus. 2002. [Clinical application--suture materials].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12704888/
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