SUTURE PROLENE - Size: 3/0 Length: 45CM Needle Type: ST SU
Product information
- Quantity Unit Box
- Contains 12 Single
- Product Code None
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Description
Brand: Ethicon
Material: Polypropylene
Type: Monofilament, Non-Absorbable
Key Features
- Enhanced Visibility: Pigmented blue for clear visibility during procedures.
- Minimal Tissue Drag: Monofilament construction reduces tissue drag, ensuring smooth passage.
- High Tensile Strength: Retains strength indefinitely, providing reliable long-term support.
- Biocompatibility: Exhibits excellent biocompatibility with minimal tissue reaction.
- Knot Security: Offers reliable knot security when tied with appropriate technique.
- Flexibility and Elasticity: Accommodates tissue movement effectively.
- Inertness: Resistant to degradation, including UV resistance, ensuring durability.
- Bacterial Resistance: Less likely to harbor bacteria compared to multifilament sutures.
Applications
- Soft Tissue Approximation and Ligation: Suitable for general soft tissue approximation and ligation.
- High-Tension Surgical Areas: Ideal for abdominal closures, cardiovascular, plastic, orthopedic, and ophthalmic surgeries.
- Delicate Tissues: Particularly suitable for delicate tissues and areas with higher infection risk.
Instructions for Use
- Preparation: Prepare the surgical site and insert the needle for tissue approximation or ligation.
- Long-Term Placement: Suture remains in the body long-term unless removal is necessary post-operatively.
- Sterile Procedures: Follow established sterile procedures for reprocessing.
Specifications
- Needle Types: Taper point, spatula, 3/8 circle
- Needle Lengths: 6.5 mm, 26 mm
- Suture Sizes: 10-0 (0.2), 4-0, 0
- Suture Lengths: 30 cm, 75 cm
Packaging
- Sterile Supply: Supplied sterile and available in boxes, typically containing 12 or 36 units depending on configuration.