A new approach for the production of multifilament suture - in vitro and in vivo analysis
Articles > Article · 2020
Authors: Senthil Rethinam, Gobi Nallathambi, Sumathi Vijayan, Bahri BAŞARAN, Ali MERT, Oğuz BAYRAKTAR, A. Wilson Aruni
International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2020, vol 70, pp 1306-1315
DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2020.1798432
Summary
We investigated, unique multifilament suture (UMS) was prepared from animal skin fiber (ASF) and cotton fiber (CF), which can be used for external surgeries and wound-healing applications. The distinctive properties of the UMS is that it shows tensile strength of 85.25 ± 0.09 (Mpa), 81.9 ± 0.46 (%) as elongation at break, 7.59 ± 0.26 (kgf) knot strength, 58.95 ± 0.55 (%) of flexibility and water absorption of about 51.03 ± 0.63 (%). In vitro study, performed its biocompatible in nature and in vivo experiments exhibited accelerated suturing and wound-healing properties.