Abstract
A laboratory study of the characteristics of a synthetic absorbable polyglycolic acid polymer suture (Dexon) is presented. The polyglycolic acid sutures were found to be well tolerated by the abdominal wall tissues in rabbits in both clean and infected wounds. Tissue reactivity and tensile strength of the experimental sutures compare favorably with silk, cotton, Dacron, and plain and chromic catgut sutures. The polyglycolic acid sutures handle with the ease of silk while being absorbed more completely than catgut.
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