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Modern synthetic surgical sutures are generally considered more suitable than natural fibers due to lower tissue reaction and more predictable absorption profiles.
This review provides a comprehensive update on the physical and biological properties of surgical sutures to aid surgeons in selecting the ideal suture material for specific clinical scenarios.
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May guide suture selection in GI procedures; leaves open need for procedure-specific RCTs.
Objective: to describe the physical characteristics and biological of the wires of more sutures used in surgical practice daily and their indications.
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Araújo-Filho et al. (2018) conducted a review in Surgical wounds. Surgical sutures was evaluated. Modern synthetic surgical sutures are generally considered more suitable than natural fibers due to lower tissue reaction and more predictable absorption profiles.
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