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Material & structure
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), monofilament, blue. USP 8/0–2 (EP 0.4–5).
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Properties
Lasting tensile strength, high knot security and virtually no "memory effect" after stretching.
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Use
Non-resorbable and inert. Delivers the best results in vascular surgery and is also used for ligatures, microsurgery and plastic surgery.
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.
