What is Ultrabraid suture?

ULTRABRAID Suture provides the surgeon with a high strength suture that combines the properties of elasticity and deformation. This allows for a pliable material that can tie sliding knots with reliable and secure soft tissue fixation.

What is Ultrabraid made of?

Smith & Nephew’s ULTRABRAID◊ is made of a polyethylene fiber with a unique, proprietary braid configuration. It slides through tissue and anchors easily, resists fraying and creates a stronger knot than traditional suture.

Is FiberWire suture absorbable?

The braided absorbable suture material included Numbers 2-0,0, and 1 Vicryl (Ethicon, Somerville, NJ). This yielded a total of eleven suture materials for testing. FiberWire is made with a core of several small individual strands of biocompatible polyethylene covered with braided polyester suture material.

Does Ethibond dissolve?

Because it is a non-absorbable monofilament, ETHIBOND EXCEL® Polyester Suture is durable and long-lasting with minimal tissue reactivity. When utilized to close a wound, the suture is neither absorbed by the tissue nor disintegrated by enzymes found in the tissue.

Is Vicryl absorbable?

VICRYL Suture is a synthetic absorbable suture coated with a lactide and glycolide copolymer plus calcium stearate. It is indicated for use in general soft tissue approximation and/or ligation, including ophthalmic procedures, but not cardiovascular or neurological tissues.

What type of suture should never be used in the urinary tract?

Nonabsorbable sutures or staples should not be used in the urinary tract because they predictably promote urolithiasis.

Why is it called catgut suture?

Although the name implies the usage of guts of cats, there is no record of feline guts being used for this purpose. The word catgut is derived from the term kitgut or kitstring (the string used on a kit, or fiddle). Misinterpretation of the word kit as referring to a young cat led to the use of the term catgut.

What is FiberWire?

FiberWire® FiberWire suture is a new generation of polyester suture with a long chain polyethylene core. FiberWire has greater strength than similar sized polyester suture with superior feel, smooth tie ability and lower knot profile.

How long does it take for Vicryl to dissolve?

Coated VICRYL RAPIDE (polyglactin 910) Suture will normally start to dissolve within 7-10 days after surgery and can then be removed using sterile gauze. Because of the faster dissolution rate, the suture remains do not need to be removed later after healing.

Is Vicryl a PGA?

Polyglycolic Acid, better known as PGA, is composed of polymers of glycolide acids. PGA surgical suture is coated to allow for easier passage through tissues with only minimal drag.

What is scanty urine?

Oliguria is considered to be a urinary output of less than 400 milliliters, which is less than about 13.5 ounces over the course of 24 hours. The absence of urine is known as anuria. Less than 50 milliliters or less than about 1.7 ounces of urine in a 24-hour period is considered to be anuria.

What suture is used on the bladder?

It is now accepted practice that only absorbable suture material should be used to repair bladder wall defects, although initial experimental evidence had suggested that polypropylene (a monofilament nonabsorbable suture) could be used in urological procedures [ 1234].