About the Vicryl suture

Posted by juanoliv3 on March 27th, 2015

Vicryl is a type of suture, manufactured, just like Prolene, another type of suture, by Ethicon Inc. Both of these sutures are used for soft tissue approximation and ligation. To buy a Vicryl suture or a Prolene mesh, those interested have to visit a surgical supply store selling surgical equipment.

The most common surgical tools and accessories needed in a surgical facility are blood conversion systems, pressure monitors, forceps, cutting instruments, clamps, dilators, needle holders, occluders, retractors, suction tube, periosteal elevator, and specula.

Surgery does not involve only surgery tables, knives and equipment to monitor the patient's condition; it also refers to all sorts of accessories and instruments designed to help doctors operate and then take care of the patient easier.

Some of these instruments are represented by sutures, meaning surgical devices used to stitch together different fragments of tissue. To suture tissue, surgeons use specific needles, depending on the surgical condition experienced by the patient.

Needles used in surgery can be straight or circular, and the material that surgeons use to stitch tissue can be represented by polyglycolic acid and polylactic acid. These surgical tools and accessories can be purchased from a surgical supply store.

Some unusual, but very common materials used by surgeons to suture together pieces of tissue after an injury or surgery, can also be represented by silk, nylon and polyester.

The needles and sutures used by surgeons are always sterilized to reduce the probability of the patient getting infected. In fact, needles are used for one surgical suture, then thrown out. All the needles and other surgical tools and accessories that are used in a hospital or other health care facility are carefully thrown away, by complying with all safety standards.

But there are needles that can be used repeatedly, only after being properly sterilized. The needles used by surgeon to suture together tissue need to be bacteria-free and keep potential health problems at a distance.

The materials used as "threads" in surgery are divided into two categories, depending on their level of absorbability. As such, there are absorbable sutures and non-absorbable sutures. The first category refers to those materials that are degraded over time. The second, to materials that have to be removed several weeks after the surgery.

To purchase a Vicryl suture, a Prolene mesh or any other type of surgical equipment, hospitals, surgical centers, clinics and other healthcare facilities collaborate with surgical supply stores selling surgical tools and accessories. Sometimes, such stores are found within the same building as the hospital or surgical center that buys from them.

Looking for a Vicryl suture or a Prolene mesh? We can provide you with a wealth of surgical products, from blades and scalpels to needles and syringes and from sutures of all sorts to post operative garments. We work with both individuals and surgical centers and can be contacted via e-mail or phone. To learn more about the products we trade, we invite you to our website, where you can also place your order.