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PGA suture

PGA™ suture

Surgery An absorbable coated synthetic suture used in gynecology, orthopedics, general surgery. See Suture.
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A computer-generated randomisation sequence with sealed envelopes randomly assigned women to 3 groups (i) PGA sutures, (ii) SS and (iii) nylon sutures.
Wound complications occurred in 76 (7%) of the 1 100 patients: 1% (3/361) in group 1 (PGA sutures), 17% (65/373) in group 2 (SS), and 2% (8/366) in group 3 (nylon sutures).
those with PGA sutures were 9.5 times more likely to experience wound infection, but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.055).
A randomised controlled trial of suture materials used for caesarean section skin closure: do wound infection rates differ?
Products include: Force Fiber[R] suture of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene; Tevdek[R] and Polydek[R] polyester sutures and tapes; Bondek[R] and Bondek[R] Plus braided PGA sutures; and Monodek[R] monofilament PDO suture.
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