II. Category
- Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture
III. Advantages
- High tensile strength
- Low tissue drag
- Marked elasticity
- Elongates 50% of length at 25% of knot-breaking load
- Stretches with wound edema
- Snug after edema resolves
IV. 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]