Ethicon Appliction Sutures Product

 

Surgical Suture - Chromic

• Suture Name - Chromic
• Construction - Monofilament
• Strength - 21-28 days
• Absorption - 90 Days
• Color - Brown or Blue Dyed
• Additional Info - Chromic suture is made from either beef serosa or sheep submucosa. It is most commonly used in OB-GYN surgery and facial plasic or oral surgery.

Surgical Suture - Ethibond

• Suture Name - Ethibond
• Construction - Braided
• Absorption - Non-Absorbable
• Color - Dyed Green
• Additional Info - Most commonly used in orthopedic surgery to reconnect high tension tissue. A #5 Ethibond suture, the largest, can be used to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Surgical Suture - Gortex

• Suture Name - Gortex
• Construction - Monofilament
• Absorption - Non-Absorbable
• Color - White
• Additional Info - Common uses for gortex suture would be for suturing the anastomosis of cardiac or vascular grafts, or to suture a gortex patch in a ventral hernia repair.

Surgical Suture - Monocryl

• Suture Name - Monocryl
• Construction - Monofilament
• Strength - 50%-70% 1 week, 20% - 40% @ 2 weeks
• Absorption - 91-119 Days
• Color - Violet or Undyed Clear
• Additional Info - One of the most common sutures used in all surgical services for skin clossure, also used commonly in cosmetic surgery for general soft tissue closure.

Surgical Suture - Nylon Ethilon

• Suture Name - Nylon Ethilon
• Construction - Monofilament
• Absorption - Non-Absorbable
• Color - Black, Green or Clear
• Additional Info - Most commonly used for suturing the skin when using an interupted stitch, sewing in a surgical drain, and very small Ethilon sutures are used for reparing lacerated nerves or blood vessels

Surgical Suture - PDS

• Suture Name - PDS
• Construction - Monofilament
• Strength - Size 4-0 and smaller 60% @ 2 weeks, 40% @ 4 weeks, and 35% @ 6 weeks
  Size 3-0 and larger 80% @ 2 weeks, 70% @ 4 weeks, and 60% @ 6 weeks
• Absorption - 183 - 238 days
• Color - Clear or Violet
• Additional Info - PDS is a long lasting absorbable monofilament suture for soft tissue approximation, it is commonly used to approximate fascia in open abdominal cases.

Surgical Suture - Prolene

• Suture Name - Prolene
• Construction - Monofilament
• Absorption - Non-absorbable
• Color - Clear or Blue
• Additional Info - Prolene sutures often come double armed as pictured above. This allows a surgeon to create an anastamosis with vascular graft. Prolene suture for vascular surgery will often come as a "long" (36")or "short" (18") stitch. The long stitch is used for the anastimosis, the short stitch is used to repair a small hole in the vessel typically.

Surgical Suture - Silk

• Suture Name - Silk
• Construction - Braided
• Absorption - Non-Absorbable
• Color - Black
• Additional Info - Commonly used to tie in surgical drains, repair small holes in the bowel or tie off large blood vessels.

Surgical Suture - Vicryl

• Suture Name - Vicryl
• Construction - Braided
• Strength - 75% @ 2 weeks, 50% @ 3 weeks, 25% @ 4 weeks
• Absorption - 56-70 Days
• Color - Violet or White
• Additional Info - One of the most common sutures used in all surgical services to appoximate soft tissue.