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QUESTION
KEY POINTS FOR ANSWER:
a. Absorbable – short-term security is all that is needed,
b. Non-absorbable – easy to retrieve suture (external
skin closure), long-term support is needed (ligament
c. Monofilament – easily friable tissue that would be
damaged by roughness of braided construction, areas
that may be more prone to infection (braided strands
have void space that could harbor microorganisms).
CHAPTER II.5.15
Sutures