Trade and Chemical Names
Suture Origins
Suture Potpourri
Wound Classifications, Closures, and Healing Intentions
Hemostatic Methods and Blood Loss
100
This is the Ethicon suture's chemical name for Vicryl.
What is Polyglactin 910?
100
This suture is considered the Gold standard of suture and comes from the cocoon of a worm.
What is Silk suture?
100
The suture technique that is individually tied and cut.
What is the simple interrupted suture technique?
100
This type of stapler is used to close the cuticular layer.
What is a skin stapler?
100
Thrombin is what type of hemostatic method and should be only applied in this way.
What is chemical and topical?
200
Ethicon's suture with the chemical name of Polyester.
What is Ethibond?
200
This suture that is wet packed in alcohol and salt.
What is Chromic Gut?
200
The suture that is man-made, synthetic, absorbable, a monofilament, and comes is clear or purple
What is PDS II?
200
An inguinal hernia closed without any breaks in sterile technique is this wound classification.
What is Would Classification I?
200
The Bovie is what type of hemostatic method?
What is Thermal?
300
This is the chemical name for Ethicon's suture, Prolene.
What is Polypropylene?
300
This suture has names such as Ethilon, Surgilon, and Nurlon, but can be referred to this 1 name.
What is Nylon?
300
The Strand Size of this Suture.
What is 3-0?
300
A wound left open to heal by granulation or from the base upward is this intention.
What is healing by secondary intention?
300
A ligature or suture is this kind of hemostatic method.
What is mechanical?
400
This is the Ethicon suture trade name for Poliglecaprone.
What is Monocryl suture?
400
This is considered the most inert of all sutures.
What is Stainless Steel?
400
The letters that indicate the needle size on this suture.
What is SH or small half?
400
A wound intentionally left open to allow for cleaning, debridement and observation before being surgical closed later is this healing intention.
What is health by third intention?
400
Fibrin glue is this kind of hemostatic method.
What is biological?
500
Gore-tex suture is known by this chemical name.
What is Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)?
500
The Ethicon trade name for this suture mesh's chemical name polypropylene.
What is Prolene?
500
What is the needle tip of this suture?
What is a Taper or Taperpoint?
500
These are the six layers of the abdomen.
What are Peritoneum, Fascia, Muscle, Subcutaneous, Subcuticular, Cuticular?
500
These are four main hemostatic methods.
What are mechanical, biological, mechanical, and thermal?