PETCRYL - PGA SUTURE

Product Description

• Polyglycolic acid suture is a synthetic, braided and coated absorbable suture.
• Polyglycolic acid sutures are available from U.S.P. size 2 to size **0.
• Polyglycolic acid sutures are composed of polymers made from **0% homopolymer of glycolide.
• Polyglycolic acid sutures are coated with equal parts of Polycaprolactone and Calcium stearate less than 5% w/w. 
• Polyglycolic acid sutures absorb by simple hydrolytic mechanism and absorption is predictable.
• Polyglycolic acid suture retains approximately *5% of the initial tensile strength after 2 weeks, *0% of tensile strength after *1 days and *5% after *8 days of implantation and essentially absorbs within *0 *5 days.