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What are the advantages and disadvantages of synthetic absorbable sutures?
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Synthetic : absorbable sutures will break down without intervention. Thus they don't need to be removed. This can be especially helpful internally - so the body does not need to be opened back up to remove them. Some of the synthetic sutures can be very strong.
Answered 6/17/2017
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