Suture Trade names
Vicryl and Dexon are common trade names for this generic type of suture acid.
What is Polyglactin 910?
Suture Filaments are classified into these two primary structural configurations based on strand count.
What are Monofilament and multifilament?
This plain suture is derived naturally from the collagen of sheep or cow intestines.
What is plain gut?
When cutting a monofilament suture for skin closure, you leave a tag of approximately this distance from the knot.
1/4 inch?
The needle holder jaw should clamp a surgical needle between these two fractions of distance from the swaged end.
What is 1/3 and 1/2?
Prolene and Surgilene are trade names belonging to this smooth nonabsorbable synthetic polymer?
What is Polypropylene?
Suture origin materials are broadly classified into these two categories based on whether they are harvested or manufactured.
What are natural and synthetic?
This process involves treating natural gut suture with chemical to delay its absorption rate in tissues.
What is chromic salt treatment?
When cutting a multifilament suture inside a deep wound, you leave a shorter “tag” of approximately this distance.
What is 1/8 of an inch
This physical behavior- the tendency of a suture strand to stay kinked or coiled- is safely removed with a gentle pull.
What is suture memory?
PDS II is the brand name for this absorbable monofilament.
What is Polydioxanone?
Out of all materials on the table , this specific material provides the highest tensile strength
What is stainless steel?
This completely nonabsorbable material is ideal for bone repair due to its unyielding structural integrity.
What is Stainless Steel?
Large blood vessels are occluded using suture ligatures or these pre-cut ties to achieve hemostasis.
What are stick ties?
When passing ligature reels, a surgical technologist verifies the material size by checking this physical feature on its side.
What is the number of holes?
Ethilon, Dermalon Nurolon, and Surgilon are all trade names for this versatile material.
What is Nylon?
Despite being a natural material harvested from silkworm cocoons, surgical silk behaves as this type of filament due to its braided nature?
What is multifilament?
What is absorbable?
This is another term used interchangeably with a suture ligatures, often loaded on a needle holder to pass around deep vessels.
What is a stick tie?
When pulling a strand from a ligature reels for delivery, you pull approximately this far out from the plastic housing.
What is 2 to 3 inches?
This generic suture material matches its trade name exactly, prefixing it only with “surgical”
What is Silk?
Polypropylene exhibits this specific physical strand configuration, making it smooth but prone to knot slippage
What is monofilament?
Polyglactin 910 is classified under this degradation category, dissolving via hydrolysis.
What is absorbable?
This critical surgical complication is prevented when a surgical technologist successfully helps occlude large vessels with ligatures.
What is hemorrhage?
When removing the curve/memory from a suture, you must pull gently across the strand to avoid placing tension on the specific attachment site.
What is a the swaged end of the needle?