Evaluation: Ethicon Chromic Gut and Plain Gut—Short/Mid-Term Absorbable, Natural, Monofilament Sutures
July 19, 2017 | Evaluations & Guidance
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- These sutures are used to join together the opposing edges of a wound or incision. Typical uses:
- Chromic Gut (Note: "Chromic Gut" implies that the collagen strands are processed with a chromium-salt solution in order to provide a greater resistance to absorption, yielding higher in vitro tensile strength for a longer period of time):
- General surgery
- OB-GYN
- Ophthalmology
- Plain Gut
- Skin closure, subcuticular skin closure
- Ophthalmic surgery
- "Fast Absorbing Plain Gut"—smaller sizes available (i.e., 5/0, 6/0) for dermal skin closure only
- Chromic Gut (Note: "Chromic Gut" implies that the collagen strands are processed with a chromium-salt solution in order to provide a greater resistance to absorption, yielding higher in vitro tensile strength for a longer period of time):
- Major product components: a) Natural thread of varying lengths and diameters that holds wound or incision edges together for healing purposes. 1) For the purposes of this Evaluation, a gut suture is considered as "monofilament"; however, it is manufactured as twisted strands of collagen. The final product appears more similar to typical monofilament sutures than to braided.