II. Category
- Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture (monofilament)
III. Advantages: Good choice for skin closure
- High tensile strength
- Minimal tissue reactivity
- Excellent elasticity
- Low cost
IV. Disadvantages
- High memory (requires 3 to 4 knot throws to hold)
- Pliabilized Ethilon in Alcohol reduces memory
V. Absorption (Hydrolyzes in skin at very slow rate)
- Year 1: 89% of tensile strength
- Year 2: 72% of tensile strength
- Year 11: 66% of tensile strength
VI. 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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Definition (UMD) | Synthetic sutures consisting of nylon fibers made from nonabsorbable (i.e., nonbiodegradable) aliphatic (e.g., polyamide 6) polymers. These sutures are typically available in sterile coated thread sections (e.g., 18, 30 in [45, 76 cm] long) attached to a single-use needle as an integral device; they are frequently colored for easy identification during surgery. Nylon sutures keep their tensile strength for very long periods of time; nylon is not absorbed, but hydrolysis may result in gradual loss of tensile strength over time. Nylon nonabsorbable synthetic sutures' intended use includes general soft-tissue approximation and suturing of internal organs and tissues. |
Concepts | Medical Device (T074) |
SnomedCT | 78641001 |
English | Nylon suture, device, Sutures, Nylon, Sutures, Synthetic, Nonabsorbable, Nylon, Nylon Sutures, nylon suture, nylon sutures, Nylon suture, Nylon suture, device (physical object) |
Spanish | sutura de nailon (objeto fĂsico), sutura de nailon |
Ontology: Dermalon (C0205862)
Concepts | Organic Chemical (T109) |
MSH | D009757 |
Italian | Dermalon |
English | Dermalons, Dermalon |
Norwegian | Dermalon |
Ontology: Ethilon (C0205863)
Concepts | Organic Chemical (T109) |
MSH | D009757 |
Italian | Ethilon |
English | ethilon, Ethilons, Ethilon |
Norwegian | Ethilon |