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Assessment of mechanical properties and dimensions of suture threads utilized in orthopedic surgeries

Avaliação das propriedades mecânicas e dimensões de fios de sutura utilizados em cirurgias ortopédicas

Surgical materials of monofilament nylon (0, 3-0 and 4-0), braided polyester (0, 3-0 and 4-0) and monofilament polypropylene (0, 3-0 and 4-0) of 7 trademarks commercialized in Brazil, was submitted to analysis of diameter, length, enchasement resistance, tensile strength of surgery materials knotted and unknotted, according to ABNT. The results show that most of surgical materials was inside of preconizing patterns of ABNT.

Tensile strenght; Suture materials; Mechanical properties


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