Surgery Definition - What is a Suture?
Surgery Definition – What is a suture?
A suture is a material which can be divided into synthetic or not. A suture is used to appose the tissues which facilitates the healing process. Suture is also used to litigate the blood vessels The suture is considered as a perfect and ideal one if it not just cost effective but also non absorbable, non reactive and good tensile strength to thickness properties.
Sutures can be classified as absorbable and non absorbable sutures or as synthetic or natural and mono filament of braided. Absorbable suture is useful within the body and on the skin while non absorbable suture is useful in vascular surgery and skin with stainless steel mostly used to close the sternum in any cardiothoracic surgery.
Absorbable sutures may include synthetic suture such as polydioxanone or PDS, polyglyconate or Maxon and monocryl, and natural suture such as catgut which are mono filament. Other absorbable suture includes synthetic suture such as polyglactin or vicryl, polyglycolic acid or Dexon which is braided suture.
Non absorbable suture include synthetic suture suture such as nylon, prolene and stainless steel, natural suture such as silk linen and mono filament suture and braided natural suture such as silk.
Braided suture may predispose to infection of the wound while synthetic suture may lead to difficulty in knot tying as the suture tend to return to its original straight state.
Natural suture may cause brisk reaction of the tissue with short half life. Catgut suture which is made out of sheep’s bladder carries a risk of prion disease.
There are different sizes of sutures which are based on the 0 system. The higher the number of the 0 the finer the diameter of the suture. 4/ 0 has a smaller diameter in comparison with 2 / 0 diameter. The range is from 1 to 10.
A suture is a material which can be divided into synthetic or not. A suture is used to appose the tissues which facilitates the healing process. Suture is also used to litigate the blood vessels The suture is considered as a perfect and ideal one if it not just cost effective but also non absorbable, non reactive and good tensile strength to thickness properties.
Sutures can be classified as absorbable and non absorbable sutures or as synthetic or natural and mono filament of braided. Absorbable suture is useful within the body and on the skin while non absorbable suture is useful in vascular surgery and skin with stainless steel mostly used to close the sternum in any cardiothoracic surgery.
Absorbable sutures may include synthetic suture such as polydioxanone or PDS, polyglyconate or Maxon and monocryl, and natural suture such as catgut which are mono filament. Other absorbable suture includes synthetic suture such as polyglactin or vicryl, polyglycolic acid or Dexon which is braided suture.
Non absorbable suture include synthetic suture suture such as nylon, prolene and stainless steel, natural suture such as silk linen and mono filament suture and braided natural suture such as silk.
Braided suture may predispose to infection of the wound while synthetic suture may lead to difficulty in knot tying as the suture tend to return to its original straight state.
Natural suture may cause brisk reaction of the tissue with short half life. Catgut suture which is made out of sheep’s bladder carries a risk of prion disease.
There are different sizes of sutures which are based on the 0 system. The higher the number of the 0 the finer the diameter of the suture. 4/ 0 has a smaller diameter in comparison with 2 / 0 diameter. The range is from 1 to 10.