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Kim P. Suan
Common Sutures Common in the Philippines
The Ideal Suture Material
Can be used in any tissue
Easy to handle
Good knot security
Minimal tissue reaction
Unfriendly to bacteria
Strong yet small
Wont tear through tissues
Cheap
Suture Characteristics
Absorption
Absorbable- Absorbable suture breaks down
Tensile
over time in the body Strength
PRODUCT
CODE
STRAND
SIZE NEEDLE
CODE
MATERIAL WITH LIFE
SIZE
PICTURE
OF
STRAND NEEDLE
LENGTH
Prolene
Polyester
Non Absorbable
Surgical Steel
Tensile Strength
PDS Plain Gut
Absorbable
Strongest Weakest
Tissue Reactivity
Non-braided sutures cause less reactivity in the body and are not as prone to
becoming infected because they lack the grooves and rough surface for things to
adhere. Plain Gut
Silk
Chromic Gut
Non-
Absorbable Absorbable
Knot Security
Non-braided sutures can have a greater tendency to loosen at the surgical knot
with the lack of grip
Monocryl
Silk
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General
Thickest to Thinness
Suture Sizes
Smallest
10-0 Typically used in the most delicate surgeries. Common in both
9-0 Ophthalmic (eye) surgery and for repairing small damaged nerves
8-0 often due to lacerations in the hand.
7-0 Used for repairing small vessels and arteries or for delicate facial
6-0 plastic surgery. Common in vascular graft sewing such as carotid
endarterectomy.
0 For closing of the fascia layer in abdominal surgery, the joint capsule
1 in knee and hip surgery or deep layers in back surgery.
Largest
Suture techniques
Common suture stitching techniques include:
Simple Interrupted Stitch
Running Stitch
Mattress
Horizontal mattress
Vertical mattress
Subcuticular
Surgical techniques
Continuous
Running stitch
Surgical techniques
Simple interrupted
Subcuticular
Surgical techniques
Mattress