II. Category
- Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture
III. Advantages
- High tensile strength
- Low tissue reactivity
- Improved handling
- Improved knot security
IV. Disadvantages
- High tissue drag (Ethibond and Mersilene)
- Ethibond has less drag due to coating
- Coating may crack after knot tied
- Higher cost than other Nonabsorbable Suture
V. References
- Epperson in Pfenninger and Fowler (1994) Procedures for Primary Care Physicians, Mosby, Chicago, p. 3-11
- Townsend (2001) Sabiston Textbook Surgery, p. 1552-3
- Howell (1997) Emerg Med Clin North Am 15(2):417-25 [PubMed]
- Moy (1991) Am Fam Physician 44(6):2123-8 [PubMed]
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