The Degradation of Absorbable Surgical Threads in Body Fluids: Insights from Infrared Spectroscopy Studies.

Katarzyna Merkel, Katarzyna Grzybowska, Aleksandra Strach, Marcin Gierek

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Katarzyna MerkelInstitute of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1853-0996

Katarzyna GrzybowskaInstitute of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia, 75 Pułku Piechoty 1a, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0691-3631

Aleksandra StrachDoctoral School, University of Silesia, Bankowa 14, 40-032 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3760-9173

Marcin GierekCenter for Burns Treatment im. Dr Sakiel, ul. Jana Pawła II 2, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8686-9692

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Abstract

This study investigates the degradation of six different types of absorbable surgical threads commonly used in clinical practice, focusing on their response to exposure to physiological fluids. The threads were subjected to hydrolytic and enzymatic degradation in physiological saline, bile, and pancreatic juice. Our findings demonstrate that bile and pancreatic juice, particularly when contaminated with bacterial strains such as

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SuturesBileBody FluidsHumansMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningPancreatic JuiceSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredTensile StrengthFTIRhydrolytic degradationMonocryl PlusPCA analysisPDSPDS Pluspoliglactin-910poliglecaprone 25polydioxanoneSEMsurgical threadstensile strengthtriclosanVicrylVicryl Plus

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PMID39457115

DOI10.3390/ijms252011333

PMCPMC11508208

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