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Material & structure
Polyester, braided and coated multifilament. Green USP 6/0–5 (EP 0.7–7), undyed USP 5/0–8 (EP 1–10).
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Properties
Excellent glide, very high linear and knot tensile strength, and very pleasant handling.
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Use
Non-resorbable. Used for ligatures, retention sutures, marking and universal applications.
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Resorbable sutures?
A suture's degradation rate is measured as strength versus half-life, so a figure of 5 days means at least 50% of the tensile strength remains after 5 days. The time until the suture has fully dissolved is usually much longer.
The times below are therefore half-lives.
