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| allowing tissue fluids to move along the strand |
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| undesirable deformation of a strand of suture |
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| suture strand attached to a needle used to ligate structures |
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| material used to approximate or tie off blood vessels |
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| amount of tension or pull, expressed in pounds, that a strand of suture will withstand before it breaks |
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| any stitch placed and tied so that it remains completely under the skin surface |
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| strand made of more than one thread held together by twisting or braiding |
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| causing little or no tissue reaction |
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| a tube, plastic disc, or other device from which ligating suture material is unwound as blood vessels are tied |
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| the expected length of time which absorbable sutures will be in place before being digested by tissue enzymes |
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| capillary action when a suture acts as a wick to move tissue fluid and spread infection |
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| force necessary to cause a given type of knot to slip |
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| strand consisting of a single thread |
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| ease at which suture slips through tissue |
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| chemicals used in the treatment of catgut that cause it to resist absorption for a longer period of time than plain gut |
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| long narrow sterile strips of tape with adhesive backing used to approximate skin edges |
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| distance through the center of the suture in mm, expressed in USP sizes with zeroes |
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