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Prolene, Polypropylene suture

  • Category
  1. Synthetic Nonabsorbable Suture
  • Indications
  1. Subcuticular skin closure
  • Advantages
  1. High tensile strength (similar to Ethilon)
  2. Minimal tissue reactivity (similar to Ethilon)
  3. Slippery (allows for easy removal from tissues)
  • Disadvantages
  1. Slippery (requires 4 knot throws to hold)
  2. High plasticity (loose after wound edema resolves)
  3. More expensive than Nylon Suture (Ethilon)
  4. More difficult to use than Nylon Suture
  • 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]