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Material:

Polyglactin 910
Copolymer of: glycolide (glycolic acid) and L lactide (lactic acid)
Synthetic Multifilament (braid)

Features:

Preferred performance
Soft tissue approximation
Proven reliability
Strong
Good handling & knotting
Knots slide easily
Finer gauges available, less material implanted
Few tissue reactions
Predictable strength retention profile
No foreign body left
No long term problems
High suppleness: minimises problems of multifilament
Easier passage through tissue
Minimal trauma in tissue
Not removed in presence of fluids

Wound support time:

Medium term
4 weeks Tensile

Strength:

75% - 2 weeks
50% - 3 weeks
25% - 4 weeks

Absorption:

Absorbed by 56-70 days
Absorbed by hydrolysis