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| Advantages of Cat Gut | Good Handling; Minimal Capillary Action; Good Knot Security When Dry; Inexpensive (Reel)
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| Disadvantages of Cat Gut | Reactive; Poor Knot Security When Wet; Not Autoclavable; Irritation From Packaging Liquids; Loss of Tensile Strength > Infected Wounds;
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| Advantages of Chomic Gut over Cat Gut | Decreased Tissue Reaction; Increased Tensile Strength; Increased Resistance to Degradation;
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| Advantages of Polyglactin 910 | Minimal Reactivity; Good Handling and Knot Security; Stable in Contaminated Wounds; Absorbed Predictably; Soft, Easy to Bury
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| Classification of Surgical Gut | Abs/Nat/Multi
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| Classification of Polyglactin 910 | Abs/Syn/Multi
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| Brand Name of of Polyglactin 910 | Vicryl
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| Disadvantages of Polyglactin 910 | Tissue Drag; Nidus For Urinary Calculi; Rapidly degraded in infected urine; rapidly hydrolyzed in alkaline environments
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| Classification of Polyglycolic Acid | Abs/Syn/Multi(Braid)
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| Advantages of Polyglycolic Acid | Minimal Reactivity; Good Handling and Knot Security; Stable in Contaminated Wounds; Absorbed Predictably; Soft, Easy to Bury
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| Disadvantages of Polyglycolic Acid | Tissue Drag; Nidus For Urinary Calculi; Rapidly degraded in infected urine; rapidly hydrolyzed in alkaline environments
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| Brand Name of Polyglycolic Acid | Dexon
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| Common name of Vicryl | Polglactin 910
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| Common name of Dexon | Polyglycolic Acid
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| Classification of Poliglecaprone | Abs/Syn/Mono
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| Brand Name of Poliglecaprone | Monocryl
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| Common name of Monocryl | Poliglecaprone
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| Advantages of Poliglecaprone | Monofilament; Good Handling (Most Pliable); Little memory; Good Strength; Predicable Absorption; Minimally Reactive; Can Use in Contaminated Wounds
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| Disadvantaged of Poliglecaprone | Expensive
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| Brand name of Polydioxanone | PDS
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| Common name of PDS | Polydioxanone
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| Classification of Polydioxanone | Abs/Syn/Mono
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| Advantages of Polydioxanone | Minimally Reactive; No Capillarity or Drag; Good Handling and Knot Security; Predictable Absorption; Good in Contaminated Sites
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| Disadvantages of Polydioxanone | Expensive; Tendency to Kink; Clear Product = Difficult to See
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| Brand name of Polyglyconate | Maxon
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| Common Name of Maxon | Polyglyconate
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| Classification of Polyglyconate | Abs/Syn/Mono
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| Advantages of Polyglyconate | Minimally Reactive; No Capillarity or Drag; Good Handling and Knot Security; Predictable Absorption; Good in Contaminated Sites
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| Disadvantages of Polyglyconate | Expensive; Tendency to Kink; Clear Product = Difficult to See
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| Classification of Silk | NonAbs/Nat/Multi(Braided)
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| Advantages of Silk | Excellent Handling Properties; Inexpensive; Individual Strands; Good Initial Tensile Strength
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| Disadvantages of Silk | Moderate Tissue Reaction and Capillarity; Potentiate Infection; Poor to Fair Knot Security; Loses Tensile Strength When Wet
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| Brand name of Nylon | Dermalon
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| Common name of Dermalon | Nylon
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| Classification of Nylon | NonAbs/Syn/Mono
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| Advantages of Nylon | Minimal Reactivity; Biologically Inert; Non-capillarity; By-Products = Antibacterial; Inexpensive
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| Disadvantages of Nylon | “Memory”; Poor Handling; Poor Knot Security (Low Coefficient Of Friction); Suture Ends Can Cause Irritation
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| Brand Names (2) of Plypropylene | Prolene & Surgilene
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| Common name of Prolene | Polypropylene
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| Common name of Surgilene | Polypropylene
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| Classification of Polypropylene | NonAbs/Syn/Mono
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| Advantages of Polypropylene | Inert -Minimal Tissue Reaction; Excellent Knot Security; Contaminated Wounds
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| Disadvantages of Polypropylene | “Slippery” Handling; “Memory”
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| Brand Name of Polymerized Caprolactum | Braunamid
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| Common name of Braunamid | Polymerized Caprolactum
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| Classification of Polymerized Caprolactum | NonAbs/Syn/Multi
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| Advantages of Polymerized Caprolactum | Good Handling; Inexpensive; Good Tensile Strength
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| Disadvantages of Polymerized Caprolactum | Extremely Tissue Reactive; Not Sterile
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| List the absorbable suture materials from shortest to longest tensile strength retention. | Momocryl (Poliglecaprone); Surgical Gut; Vicryl (Polyglactin 910); Dexon (Polyglycolic Acid); PDS (Polydioxanone) & Maxon (Polyglyconate)
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| Advantages of Cryanoacrylate adhesives | Ease of Use; Rapid Polymerization; Strong Bond; Nontoxic; Good tissue apposition
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| Disadvantages of Cryanoacrylate adhesives | Slow biodegredation; Potential foreign body reaction; poor adhesive action in wet tissue; poor in contaminated or infected wounds
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