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Prolene

Aka: Prolene, Polypropylene suture
  1. Category
    1. Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture
  2. Indications
    1. Subcuticular skin closure
  3. Advantages
    1. High tensile strength (similar to Ethilon)
    2. Minimal tissue reactivity (similar to Ethilon)
    3. Slippery (allows for easy removal from tissues)
  4. Disadvantages
    1. Slippery (requires 4 knot throws to hold)
    2. High plasticity (loose after wound edema resolves)
    3. More expensive than Nylon Suture (Ethilon)
    4. More difficult to use than Nylon Suture
  5. 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

Sutures, Synthetic, Nonabsorbable, Polypropylene (device) (C0491217)

Definition (SPN) Nonabsorbable polypropylene surgical suture is a monofilament, nonabsorbable, sterile, flexible thread prepared from long-chain polyolefin polymer known as polypropylene and is indicated for use in soft tissue approximation. The polypropylene surgical suture meets United States Pharmacopeia (U.S.P.) requirements as described in the U.S.P. Monograph for Nonabsorbable Surgical Sutures; it may be undyed or dyed with an FDA approved color additive; and the suture may be provided with or without a standard needle attached.
Concepts Medical Device (T074)
English Polypropylene monofilament suture, Polypropylene suture, Prolene suture, Sterile polypropylene monofilament suture
Spanish sutura de polipropileno, sutura esteril monofilamento de polipropileno
Parent Concepts Non-absorbable suture (C0461628), Sutures, Synthetic, Nonabsorbable, Polypropylene (device) (C0491217)
Sources MTH , SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT, SPN
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


Prolene (C0917843)

Concepts Organic Chemical (T109) , Biomedical or Dental Material (T122)
MSH D011126
English Prolene
Sources MSH , SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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