Handling characteristics of poly(L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) monofilament suture

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-391

  Tomihata, Kenji ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Tomita, Naohide ^b  

^a GUNZE Ltd   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Handling characteristics; Knot; Monofilament; Suture

Indexed keywords

BONE; PROSTHETICS; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN;

HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS; KNOT; MONOFILAMENTS; SUTURE;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; EPSILON CAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYESTERS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 24944466818     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. G.T. Rodeheaver, J.G. Thacker, J. Owen, M. Strauss, T. Masterson and R.F. Edlich, Knotting and handling characteristics of coated synthetic absorbable sutures, J. Surg. Res. 35 (1983), 525-530.
2. N. Tomita, S. Tamai, K. Ikeuchi and Y. Ikada, Effects of cross-sectional stress-relaxation on handling characteristics of suture materials, Bio-Med. Mater. Eng. 4 (1994), 47-59.
3. B.S. Freeman, C.A. Homsy, J. Fissete and S.B. Hardy, An analysis of suture withdrawal stress, Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 131 (1970), 441-448.
4. L. Apt and A. Henrick, Tissue-drag with polyglycolic acid (Dexon) and polyglactin 910 (Vicryl) sutures in strabismus surgery, J. Pediatric Ophtal. 13 (1976), 360-364.
5. R.F. Edlich, P.H. Paneka and G.T. Rodeheaver, Physical and chemical configuration of sutures in the development of surgical infection, Ann. Surg. 177 (1973), 679-688.
6. B. Blomstedt and B. Osterberg, Fluid absorption and capillarity of suture materials, Acta Chir. Scand. 143 (1977), 67-70.
7. B. Blomstedt and B. Osterberg, Suture materials and wound infection, Acta Chir. Scand. 144 (1978), 269-274.
8. B. Osterberg and B. Blomstedt, Effect of suture materials on bacterial survival in infected wounds, Acta Chir. Scand. 145 (1979), 431-434.
9. T.E. Bucknall, Factors influencing wound complications: a clinical and experimental study, Ann. R. Coll. Surg. 65 (1983), 71-77.
10. C.C. Chu, Quantitative evaluation of stiffness of commercial suture materials, Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 168 (1989), 233-238.
11. J.B. Trimbos, A.N.R. Trimbos and E.J.C. van Rijssel, Knotting abilities of a new absorbable monofilament suture: Poliglecaprone 25 (Monocryl), Eur. J. Surg. 161 (1995), 319-322.
12. K. Tomihata, M. Suzuki and I. Sasaki, US Patent 5,797,962 (1998).
13. K. Tomihata, M. Suzuki, T. Oka and Y. Ikada, A new resorbable monofilament suture, Polym. Deg. Stab. 59 (1998), 13-18.
14. K. Tomihata, M. Suzuki and Y. Ikada, The pH dependence of monofilament sutures on the hydrolytic degradation, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Appl. Biomater. 58 (2001), 511-518.
15. T. Nakamura, S. Hitomi, T. Shimamoto, S.-H. Hyon, Y. Ikada, S. Watanabe and Y. Shimizu, Surgical application of biodegradable films prepared from lactide-ε-caprolactone copolymers, in: Biomaterials and Clinical Applications, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1987, pp. 759-764.
16. G.T. Rodeheaver, K.A. Beltran, C.W. Green, B.C. Faulkner, B.M. Stiles, G.W. Stanimir, H. Traeland, G.M. Fried, H.C. Brown and R.F. Edlich, Biomechanical and clinical performance of a new synthetic monofilament absorbable suture, J. Long-term Effects of Med. Imp. 6 (1996), 181-198.
17. K. Kadono, S. Tamai, N. Tomita and K. Tomihata, Handlung characteristics of suture materials, J. Japn. Soc. Clin. Biomechanics and Related Res. 20 (1999), 261-265.
18. N. Tomita, S. Tamai, T. Morihara, K. Ikeuchi and Y. Ikada, Handling characteristics of braided suture materials for tight tying, J. Appl. Biomater. 4 (1993), 61-65.