Terms
What is the term for the amount of pull allowed on a suture before it breaks?
Tensile strength
List 3 things of information that are in the suture box
Suture size/Suture name/suture length/ Type of needle/ Lot/ expiration date
By feeling them with your fingers
Is Chromic Gut(Chromic) an absorbable or non-absorbable suture?
Absorbable
How can you tell the difference between undyed and dyed PDS?
The writing should be on the packaging
What are needles permanently attached to a suture by a manufacturer?
Swaged needle
List the range of suture size from largest to smallest
12-0/ 8-0 / 10-0 / 1 / 7 / 3-0 / 6-0
7, 1, 3-0, 6-0, 8-0, 10-0, 12-0
non-absorbable
Which suture packaging color is peach and is synthetic monofilament?
Monocryl
what color does silk suture comes with?
Black
Suture used without needle: used for hemostasis
Free tie
List two most commonly used traumatic suture needles
Reverse cutting needle and conventional cutting needle
what is the difference between plain gut and chromic gut?
Chromic gut is treated with chromium salts that slow down absorption.
List of the 3 most common natural sutures
What kinds of suture is prolene? ( example. absorbable monofilament )
Non-absorbable monofilament
Define tissue drag
Amount of drag on suture as it passes through specific tissue
which suture type have more memory? Monofilament or Multifilament
Monofilament
Barbed suture is a suture with a tiny barbs or projections along its length
List at least 3 multifilament sutures
Vicryl, Silk, Nurolon, Ethibond, Mersilene
synthetic
Define three parts of the swaged needle
needle point, needle body, swaged end
What are the most common three layers for closing?
Deep capsule/ tendon/ protective layer, subcutaneous layer, skin layer
Used in ortho surgeries to fixate tendons and ligament to bone
Suture anchors
Teal
what is vicryl made out of
polyglactin 910 or polyglactin