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. 2022 Nov;13(Suppl 1):S108-S111.
doi: 10.4103/japtr.japtr_267_22. Epub 2022 Nov 30.

Evaluation of tensile strength of surgical absorbable and nonabsorbable suture materials after immersion in different fruit juices: An in vitro study

P Anushya  1 , S Balaji Ganesh  2 , S Jayalakshmi  2
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Evaluation of tensile strength of surgical absorbable and nonabsorbable suture materials after immersion in different fruit juices: An in vitro study

P Anushya et al. J Adv Pharm Technol Res. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

Surgical sutures are the most well-known surgical biomaterial device for ligating blood vessels. The primary goal of wound closure is to align wound margins to provide a closed and stable environment. Sutures with lesser tensile strength are susceptible to break throughout the healing process due to edema. To evaluate the tensile strength of absorbable and nonabsorbable suture materials after immersion in fruit juices. In this in vitro study, eight samples of commercially available sutures such as black silk and vicryl were divided into two groups: sample -1 were immersed in grape juice and sample -2 were immersed in lemon juice for 1 week. Universal testing machine INSTRON E300 UTM was used to test the tensile strength of various suture materials. The data are statistically analyzed using an independent t-test. The P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. The mean of vicryl suture after immersion in grape and lemon juice was found to be 34.445 and 43.39; the mean value of black silk after immersion in grape and lemon juice was found to be 36.95 and 33.1. The tensile strength of black silk was slightly lower than the vicryl. Independent sample t-test showed that P = 0.561 (>0.05) which is statistically insignificant. Vicryl suture tested to have the highest tensile strength along with excellent knot holding capacity than black silk suture after immersion in fruit juices.

Keywords: Innovative measurement; in vitro study; juice; suture material; tensile strength.

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Collection of commercially available suture material in dentistry (black silk and vicryl)
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Immersion of suture material in grape and lemon juice
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Estimation of tensile strength of black silk and vicryl suture material using INSTRON E3000 UTM Universal testing machine
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