Catgut Plain Sutures | Progut

Catgut Plain Sutures are naturally absorbable sutures.

Catgut Plain Sutures are available from U.S.P. size 2 to size 4-0.

Catgut Plain Sutures are made from longitudinally slitting the intestinal submucosa of sheep and goat followed by a process of twisting and polishing giving the sutures a virtually monofilament finish
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Catgut Plain Sutures absorb by simple enzymatic hydrolytic mechanism and absorption is not as predictable as in synthetic sutures. Catgut sutures tend to absorb faster in infected tissues.

Catgut Plain Suture strength is usually lost within 15 – 18 days. In humans, various factors may affect the tensile strength loss and rate of absorption.