nonabsorbable suture

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• nonabsorbable suture — a suture that uses material that is not absorbed in the body, such as silk, cotton, stainless steel, or nylon or some other synthetic material …   Medical dictionary

• Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… …   Medical dictionary

• nonabsorbable surgical suture — [USP] a strand of material resistant to the action of living mammalian tissue, available in various diameters and tensile strengths. There are three types: Class I is composed of monofilament, twisted, or braided silk or synthetic fibers; if… …   Medical dictionary

• Surgical suture — For other uses, see Suture (disambiguation). Surgical suture on needle holder. Packaging shown above. Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. It generally consists of a needle with an… …   Wikipedia

• silk — The fibers or filaments obtained from the cocoon of the silkworm. floss s. SYN: dental floss. surgical s. thread prepared from the cocoon filaments of glutinous gum that are spun by the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori; can be obtained in various… …   Medical dictionary

• Cerclage — Encircling with a ring, loop, wire, or ligature. Cerlage can be around bone fragments to hold them together. But it usually refers to the cervix. The word comes from the French "circlage" meaning an encircling. * * * 1. Bringing into… …   Medical dictionary

• Polypropylene — Chembox new Name = Polypropylene ImageFile = Polypropylen.svg ImageSize = 100px ImageName = Polypropylene IUPACName = poly(propene) OtherNames = Polypropylene; Polypropene; Polipropene 25 [USAN] ;Propene polymers; Propylene polymers; 1 Propene… …   Wikipedia

• nylon — ny·lon nī .län n any of numerous strong tough elastic synthetic polyamide materials that are fashioned into fibers, filaments, bristles, or sheets <nylon sutures and prosthetic devices> * * * ny·lon (niґlon) a synthetic polymerized plastic… …   Medical dictionary

• stitch granuloma — a foreign body granuloma occurring around a buried nonabsorbable suture …   Medical dictionary

• Ethilon — EthilonTM is a synthetic nonabsorbable nylon suture manufactured by Ethicon. Black in color, it is a monofilament suture that is used frequently for soft tissue approximation and ligation. Even though it is nonabsorbable, the knot security… …   Wikipedia

• surgery — /serr jeuh ree/, n., pl. surgeries for 3 5. 1. the art, practice, or work of treating diseases, injuries, or deformities by manual or operative procedures. 2. the branch of medicine concerned with such treatment. 3. treatment, as an operation,… …   Universalium