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What are the type of sutures?

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There are absorbable sutures, such as the surgical gut and fascia lata. Then there are non-absorbable sutures, such as silk, cotton, wire, dacron, linen, silver wire clips, silkworm gut, mesh, and tantalum. For more information on these sutures visit:

http://www.content4reprint.com/health/medical-information-different-types-of-sutures.htm

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