II. Category
- Natural Nonabsorbable Suture (braided)
III. Indications: Rarely used now
- Eye and lip skin surgery
- Intraoral surgery
- Vas deferens ligation (Vasectomy)
IV. Advantages
- Best handling and tying of any Suture Material
V. Disadvantages
- Least tensile strength of any Suture Material
- High tissue reactivity (similar to Catgut Suture)
- Increases risk of infection due to high capillarity
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]