Review Paper: Absorbable Polymeric Surgical Sutures: Chemistry, Production, Properties, Biodegradability, and Performance

Among biomaterials used as implants in human body, sutures constitute the largest groups of materials having a huge market exceeding $1.3 billion annually. Sutures are the most widely used materials in wound closure and have been in use for many centuries. With the development of the synthetic absor...

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Published in:Journal of Biomaterials Applications 2010-11, Vol.25 (4), p.291-366
Main Authors: Pillai, Chennakkattu Krishna Sadasivan, Sharma, Chandra P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biocompatible Materials
Biodegradability
Biomaterials
Biomedical materials
Collagen
History, 16th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
History, Ancient
Human body
Humans
Markets
Materials Testing
Polymers - chemistry
Surgical implants
Suture Techniques
Sutures
Sutures - classification
Sutures - history
Sutures - trends
Tensile Strength
Wound Healing
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Summary:Among biomaterials used as implants in human body, sutures constitute the largest groups of materials having a huge market exceeding $1.3 billion annually. Sutures are the most widely used materials in wound closure and have been in use for many centuries. With the development of the synthetic absorbable polymer, poly(glycolic acid) (PGA) in the early 1970s, a new chapter has opened on absorbable polymeric sutures that got unprecedented commercial successes. Although several comparative evaluations of suture materials have been published, there were no serious attempts of late on a comprehensive review of production, properties, biodegradability, and performance of suture materials. This review proposes to bring to focus scattered data on chemistry, properties, biodegradability, and performance of absorbable polymeric sutures.
ISSN:0885-3282
1530-8022
DOI:10.1177/0885328210384890