Suture material are closely related to surgery and have been throughout the history, even with introduction of alternative methods of varied closing methods like strips and clips and glues, suture material are still paramount importance. It's no exaggeration to claim that hardly any surgical procedure complete without use of suture material.
Ideal suture material is: - Should cause minimal irritation to tissues Should be easy to handle when knotted Should have high tensile strength Favourable absorption It should be resistant to infection Sutures may be natural or synthetic source, monofilament or multifilament, dyed or dyed, absorbable or non-absorbable. Most common absorbable suture are: - Catgut plain and chromic are made up by twisting together strands collagen tissues from serosal or submucosal layer of small intestine of ruminants (sheep,cow,buffalo), not related to cat and…
