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Braided Polyester Suture

Aka: Braided Polyester Suture, Ethibond, Ethiflex, Mersilene, Dacron
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  1. Category
    1. Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture
  2. Advantages
    1. High tensile strength
    2. Low tissue reactivity
    3. Improved handling
    4. Improved knot security
  3. Disadvantages
    1. High tissue drag (Ethibond and Mersilene)
      1. Ethibond has less drag due to coating
      2. Coating may crack after knot tied
    2. Higher cost than other Nonabsorbable Suture
  4. References
    1. Howell (1997) Emerg Med Clin North Am 15(2):417-25
    2. Moy (1991) Am Fam Physician 44(6):2123-8
    3. Phenninger (1994) Procedures, p. P3-6
    4. Townsend (2001) Sabiston Textbook Surgery, p. 1552-3

Mersilene (C1321586)

Concepts Organic Chemical (T109) , Biomedical or Dental Material (T122)
MSH C025539
SnomedCT 404210005, 257400001
English mersilene, Mersilene
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Ethibond (C0059711)

Concepts Organic Chemical (T109) , Biomedical or Dental Material (T122)
MSH C014534
English Ethibond, ethibond
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Dacron (C0947693)

Concepts Organic Chemical (T109) , Biomedical or Dental Material (T122)
MSH D011093
SnomedCT 256581005
English dacron, Dacron (substance), Dacron
Spanish dacrón (sustancia), dacrón
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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