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Material & structure
Polydioxanone (PDO), monofilament, violet. USP 7/0–2 (EP 0.5–5).
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Properties
Excellent glide, high linear and knot tensile strength as well as very supple handling.
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Use & resorption
50% tensile strength remaining after 28–42 days, full resorption after 180–210 days. Used for ligatures, dermatology, vascular surgery, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, urology, MIS and gynaecology.
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.
