a. silk
b. nylon
c. cat gut
d. prolypropylene (prolene)
e. vicryl                                              Answers
 

2. The following materials are suitable for closing corneoscleral wound:
 

a. nylon
b. polydioxonone
c. catgut
d. polyester
e. polyglactin 910                              Answers
 
 

a. cat gut
b. polyglactin 910
c. polyglycolic acid
d. silk
e. prolypropylene                               Answers

Answers:

1.     a.T    b.T    c.F    d.T    e.F
 

 

Non-absorbale sutures	Absorbable sutures
nylon (polyamide) silk prolypropylene (eg. Prolene) polyester ( eg. Mersilene)	Polyglactin 910 (eg. Vicryl) Polyglycolic acid (eg. Dexon) polydioxanone (PDS) Plain gut Chromic gut


 

Suture used in corneoscleral wound should elicit minimal reaction and therefore cat gut should be avoided.
 
 

        Suture materials with long tensile strength are usually the non-absorbale types