• Absorbable, braided multifilament
• Easy to use
• Completely absorbed after 60 - 90 days
• Excellent tissue support and high flexibility
• Available in different variants

Surgicryl PGA

Surgicryl PGA is an absorbable, braided multifilament with a coating of polycaprolactone and calcium stearate. The surgical suture material provides excellent tissue support, is very strong and easy to handle. Surgicryl PGA is available as a needle-and-thread combination or as a Ligapack without needle in a range of different variants.

Product Details

• Absorbable suture material with a wide range of applications
• Braided multifilament
• Composition: Polyglycolic acid
• Colour: violet/beige - neutral
• Coating: Polycaprolactone and calcium stearate (1%)
• Absorption by hydrolysis
• Completely absorbed after 60 - 90 days
• Approximately 50% of tensile strength remains after 21 days
• Individually sterile packed needle-and-thread combinations
• Available needle types: DS = 3/8-circle, reverse cutting, HR = 1/2-circle, round bodied
• 75cm / 90cm long (only HR 48 5.0)
• Dispenser with 12 Surgicryl PGA needle-and-thread combinations  

Advantages

• Excellent tissue support
• Minimal tissue reaction
• Easy to use
• High flexibility
• High tensile strength
• Passes smoothly through tissue

Ordering Information

Application

Adaptation of soft tissues and/or ligatures in general surgery, visceral surgery, gynaecology, obstetrics, plastic surgery, urology, ophthalmology and orthopaedics. The absorbable suture material Surgicryl PGA is available in a range of thicknesses with different needles. Every needle-thread combination or Ligapack is sterile packed and ready to use.