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KRUUSEI KRUUSE Suture FAQ There are many brands and manufacturers for suture, why did KRUUSE make their own suture range? Vets use several sutures for different procedures every day. Most of the suture manufacturers produce sutures for the human market. Vets treat many species and sizes of patients. Vets do their practice in other environments and in slightly other manners than human doctors. KRUUSE wanted to produce sutures for the vets and take their specific needs into account in the making of our KRUUSE suture portfolio. What is the right way to store sutures? All KRUUSE sutures, both peel packs and cassettes should be stored between 5 and 25 degrees Celsius. If the storage temperature is below or above this interval, it might compromise the performance ability of the suture. Why are there so many different types of KRUUSE sutures? There are many different KRUUSE sutures with different materials, benefits and features to be used with different types of patients and tissues. There are also many different lengths and thicknesses of suture, just like there are many different sizes of patients and wounds. The thicker the suture, the stronger it is. One will use sutures with enough strength, but not too thick, because this might leave much foreign material within the patient’s body and this can create inflammation. Thick suture can also make it more difficult to get good and solid knots. There are also numerous needles with different sizes and forms for different procedures. All this matters when the vet makes a choice for prefered suture to the patient, and therefore the KRUUSE suture portfolio has over 400 different products. What is a socalled Plus suture? Those sutures have an antibacterial coating and this might reduce the risk of inflammation. The antibacterial additive in KRUUSE sutures is Chlorhexidine Diacetate. The Plus sutures are preferred by some vets, while others prefer the normal version without antibacterial coating. What is suture memory? Peel pack sutures are stored in a sterile, single packaging. Under production the suture is usually wounded as the figure-of-eight or as an oval shape. The suture will have a memory of its storage as it is taken out of the peel pack. This might interfere and disturb the veterinarian in his/her work. Some materials, like Nylon, PD-X and Monocryl have more memory than multifilament sutures, simply because they are monofilament. Sutures packed in an oval shape – Race Track – leaves less memory than sutures packed in the figure-of-eight. What is an absorbable suture? This is a suture material that is degradable and can be broken down; often by hydrolisis in the patient’s body. The tensile strength of the suture will decrease over time and the material will eventually be absorbed. The time this takes will be dependent on the suture material and the amount of material. You can find a list of all our absorbable and non-absorbable sutures and their features in our suture catalogue. www.KRUUSE.comPage 2