An absorbable suture material used also as ligating clips, as pins for internal fixation of broken bones, and as ligament reinforcement for surgically managed ligament injuries. Its promising characteristics are elasticity, complete biodegradability, and lack of side effects such as infections.
Entry Term(s)
Absolok
PDS II (Ethicon)
CAS Type 1 Name
Poly(oxy(1-oxo-1,2-ethanediyl)oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)
Previous Indexing
Polyesters (1977-1991)
Sutures (1966-1991)
Public MeSH Note
92; POLYDIOXANONE was indexed under POLYESTERS 1979-91
Online Note
use POLYDIOXANONE (NM) to search POLYDIOXANONE 1981-91
An absorbable suture material used also as ligating clips, as pins for internal fixation of broken bones, and as ligament reinforcement for surgically managed ligament injuries. Its promising characteristics are elasticity, complete biodegradability, and lack of side effects such as infections.
