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SMI Catgut Plain (100m Reel)

SMI Catgut Plain (100m Reel)

Product Code: S1030-1

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Product Description
Catgut Plain is an absorbable suture made from strands of purified collagen. Fast-absorbing surgical gut sutures are sterile and cause only minor tissue reactions during absorption.

Product Features

Type – Twisted multifilament with a monofilament appearance
Composition – Strands of purified collagen taken from the serosal layer of selected bovines. Origin from BSE-free classified countries.

Coating – None

Colour – Ivory

Tissue reaction – Moderate

Absorption – By phagocytosis. Complete mass absorption in approximately 63 days. Approximately 50% of tensile strength remain after 7 days. When used in infected tissues or tissues with increased levels of proteolytic enzymes (stomach, cervix, vagina) it is more quickly absorbed.