Suture Material and Needles
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þ Suture Material Equivalents for Emergency Medicine
Ethicon                 US Surgical
Fast Absorbing Gut      (no equivalent)
Ethilon                 Monosof
Prolene                 Surgipro
Vicryl                  Polysorb
Plain Gut               Plain Gut
Chromic Gut             Chromic Gut



5-0 and 6-0 fast-absorbing gut sutures on on PC-1 needle (don't have to take
out, good for face lacs)
thin nylon monofilament (e.g., Prolene, Ethilon) suture (5-0, 6-0) on bigger
and smaller needles; bigger (PC-3 for 6-0, PC-5 for 5-0) better for routine ED
traumatic wound closure, smaller (PC-1) better for inbetween toes and fingers,
etc.
5-0 Vicryl on PC-5 needle for running subcuticular