MonoPlus® Absorbable suture

Long-term absorbable monofilament and uncoated suture made of polydioxanone

Description

MonoPlus® is a violet long-term absorbable synthetic monofilament suture made of polydioxanone. MonoPlus® offers good handling combined with great strength.
Because of its slow degradation profile, MonoPlus® is ideal for all the indications where an extended wound support of more than 4 weeks is desirable.

Advantages

• High knot tensile strength
• Outstanding strength retention for extended wound support
• Very flexible
• Pliable and easy to knot
• Smooth passage through tissue

Indication

• Orthopaedics (tendons, joint capsule)
• Paediatric cardiovascular surgery
• General surgery
• Abdominal wall closure

Properties

• 50 % Tensile Strength Retention: 35 days for bigger USP 3/0
• Complete Mass Absorption: 28 days for smaller USP 4/0

Note
Sizes available USP 7/0 (metric 0.5) up to USP 2 (metric 5)

Other products of B.Braun (Germany):

• Safil® Quick+ Absorbable suture
• Safil® Absorbable suture
• Novosyn® Absorbable suture
• Monosyn® Quick Absorbable suture
• Monosyn® Absorbable suture
• Monomax® Absorbable suture
• Premilene® Non-absorbable suture
• Dafilon® Non-absorbable suture
• PremiCron® Non-absorbable suture
• Dagrofil® Non-absorbable suture
• Virgin silk / Silkam® Non-absorbable sutures
• Steelex® Non-absorbable suture
• Linatrix® Non-absorbable suture