Dexon Plus

Bourne B (1988). In-vivo comparison of four absorbable sutures Vicryl, Dexon Plus, Maxon, and PDS , Can. J. Surg., 31,43. 

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Multifilament sutures are more commonly coated than monofilament sutures. For example, multifilament Vicryl and Dexon Plus or Dexon II have coating materials applied, while monofilament PDS and Maxon sutures have no coatings. Traditional coating materials are nonabsorbable bee wax, paraffin wax, silicone and polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon). New coating materials have been developed, particularly those that are absorbable. This is because the coating materials used for absorbable sutures must also be absorbable (Conn and Beal, 1980 Mattei, 1980 Casey and Lewis, 1986). Absorbable coating materials should also have adequate tissue biocompatibility. 

Water-soluble coating materials dissolve promptly to reveal the uncoated suture underneath after wound closure. A typical example is poloxamer 188 found on Dexon Plus. There is, however, one technical concern about using water-soluble coating in actual wound closure. Suture materials are frequently soaked in saline after their removal from packages before use. Some or the bulk of water-soluble coating materials might be removed by this routine soaking practice. Thus, it is important... 

Although coating of suture materials facilitates easy passage through tissue, it frequently results in poor knot security. For example, Dexon Plus and coated Vicryl require four or hve square throws to form secure knots, while the uncoated Dexon and Vicryl sutures form secure knots with only two throws (1 = 1) (Rodeheaver et ah, 1981, 1983). Water-soluble coating materials like poloxamer 188, found on Dexon Plus, do not suffer from the adverse effects of water-insoluble coating materials on knot security. 

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Absorbable suture materials are catgut (collagen derived from sheep intestinal submucosa), reconstituted collagen, polyglycolide (e.g., Dexon , Dexon II , Dexon S ), poly(glycolide/lactide) random copolymer (e.g.. Vicryl ), antimicrobial-coated Vicryl (Vicryl Plus ), poly-/ -dioxanone (e.g., PDS , PDSII PDS Plus), poly(glycolide/trimethylene carbonate) block copolymer (e.g., Maxon ), poly(glycolide/e-caprolactone) (e.g., Monocryl ,... 

PDS Plus, MonoPlus, Monodek, Surusynth, 283—4 polyglycolic acid (Dexon),... 

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