NEEDLES AND SUTURES
NEEDLES
Round-bodied needles
Used most often for suturing
Subcutaneous tissue
and muscle
All internal organs
Cutting
Cutting-edge needles have sharp edges commencing at the point
and prolonged along their shafts
to help them penetrate dense and tough tissues such as skin or tendon.
SUTURES
Absorbable
Catgut(plain) (98% collagen) suture for small vessals
Catgut(chromic) treated in cromic bath blood vessall ligation and internal organn
Polyglycolic acid Synthetic polymers uses similar to catgut
Nonabsorbable
Silk
Linen
Cotton
Synthetic nylon ethilon
Metal wire
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