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Polydioxanone Suture

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Polydioxanone Suture, PDS

  • Indications
  1. Extended wound tensile strength required
  • Background
  • Absorption (Hydrolysis)
  1. In vivo tensile strength greater than Vicryl and Dexon
  2. Day 14: 74% of tensile strength retained
  3. Day 28: 58% of tensile strength retained
  4. Day 45: 41% of tensile strength retained
  5. Day 180: Complete Suture absorption
  • Background
  • Characteristics
  1. Less contamination of the monofilament
  2. Stiffer and more difficult to handle
  3. More expensive than Dexon or Vicryl
  • References
  1. Epperson in Pfenninger and Fowler (1994) Procedures for Primary Care Physicians, Mosby, Chicago, p. 3-11
  2. Townsend (2001) Sabiston Textbook Surgery, p. 1552-3
  3. Howell (1997) Emerg Med Clin North Am 15(2):417-25 [PubMed]
  4. Moy (1991) Am Fam Physician 44(6):2123-8 [PubMed]