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Polybutester

Aka: Polybutester, Novafil

Category
1. Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture
Advantages
1. High tensile strength
2. Low tissue drag
3. Marked elasticity
  1. Elongates 50% of length at 25% of knot-breaking load
  2. Stretches with wound edema
  3. Snug after edema resolves
References
1. Howell (1997) Emerg Med Clin North Am 15(2):417-25
2. Moy (1991) Am Fam Physician 44(6):2123-8
3. Phenninger (1994) Procedures, p. P3-6
4. Townsend (2001) Sabiston Textbook Surgery, p. 1552-3

polybutester (C0071521)
Concepts	Organic Chemical (T109)
MSH	C048850
English	polybutester
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Novafil (C0132886)
Concepts	Organic Chemical (T109)
MSH	C048850
English	novafil, Novafil
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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