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Polyglycolic Acid (PGA) Sutures

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1970
To the Editor.— InThe Journal'smedical news ( 213 :381, 1970) an article is entitled "PGA used to make absorbable suture." Because of the wide distribution of your journal, I think it is important to set the record straight. In the AMA report you mention that "The PGA suture was found to have excellent tensile strength, both in terms of knot pull and
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Evaluation of polyglycolic acid sutures in vascular surgery

Journal of Surgical Research, 1973
DURING RECENT DECADES suture materials have been improved in many ways. Both absorbable and nonabsorbable sutures now have high standards of quality, their caliber and tensile strength have been standardized, sterilization is near-perfect and rate of absorption has been graded for absorbable materials; nevertheless, the ideal suture remains to be ...
R, Alvarez-Cordero, E, Iporre Reyes, M, Guerrero Alcázar, P, Hernández-Jauregui   +3 more
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Polyglycolic acid sutures in genitourinary surgery

Urology, 1974
Abstract One hundred ten patients undergoing genitourinary surgery were sutured with PGA (polyglycolic acid) sutures. Seventy-one of these were also sutured with plain or chromic catgut, and/or nylon. There were no suture failures and no signs of wound breakdown.
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Polyglycolic Acid Surgical Suture

Archives of Surgery, 1970
Polyglycolic acid sutures were compared experimentally with catgut, silk, and Dacron. The sutures were implanted in the muscles of rabbits and the specimens recovered at intervals up to eight months. Polyglycolic acid sutures lost a third of their original strength in one week and about 80% by two weeks. Catgut lost strength more slowly.
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A Trial of Polyglycolic Acid Sutures for Circumcision

British Journal of Urology, 1973
Summary A controlled trial is described in which PGA is compared with catgut as a suture material for circumcision. Of a total of 56 operations, PGA was used in 28, plain catgut in 14 and chromic catgut in 14. A good result, indicated by the absence of discomfort or local reaction after 7 days, was obtained in 82% of cases with PGA ...
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Polyglycolic acid mesh in repair of renal injury

Urology, 1986
To evaluate the use of a polyglycolic acid (PGA) mesh graft for partial nephrectomy, we replaced the upper pole of the left kidney in 12 New Zealand white rabbits with a free omental fat graft and the lower pole with PGA mesh. The mesh stopped the bleeding immediately during the operation.
A M, Mounzer, J W, McAninch, R A, Schmidt   +2 more
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Polyglycolic acid sutures in general practice

New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 1978
Abstract Dexon, polyglycolic acid polymer, which has been used in the human field for several years, has recently been introduced to the veterinary profession. Comparisons are made between this material and other sutures, primarily catgut, in a wide variety of surgical procedures.
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Polyglycolic Acid Tubing As a Conduit for Nerve Regeneration

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1986
Rabbit common peroneal nerves will regenerate across a 1-cm gap inside polyglycolic acid tubing. Regenerated nerves are separated histologically into "minifascicles," which persist in distal segments. The conduction velocities and evoked action potential amplitudes following this type of regeneration are inferior to those seen in nerves repaired ...
J C, Merrell, R C, Russell, E G, Zook
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Further study of polyglycolic acid suture

The American Journal of Surgery, 1974
Abstract Implantation studies were carried out in rats, rabbits, and dogs to compare the rate of loss of breaking strength of polyglycolic acid and chromic catgut sutures. The rate of loss was about the same during the first five to ten days. Thereafter, the rates of loss were variable for both suture materials.
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Histologic comparison of polylactic and polyglycolic acid sutures

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, 1971
Abstract Comparative studies were carried out to determine soft-tissue reactions and speeds of biodegradation of polylactic acid (PLA) and polyglycolic acid (PGA) sutures in rats. These sutures were placed in the posterior aspects of the thigh muscles, and the animals were killed intermittently through a 90-day postoperative period.
D E, Cutright, J D, Beasley, B, Perez
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