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| Screenshot: Courtesy Ethicon youtube video. |
Ethicon created its
first mass-produced sterile sutures in 1887 and have continued to evolve since
then. It has changed the way surgeons close the
wound because of its surgical technologies and
solutions that include sutures, staplers, and hemostats.
It is said that Ethicon
manufactures enough sutures each year to wrap round the earth six times.[1]
It has launched Stratafix Spiral PDS
Plus and Stratafix Spiral Monocryl Plus Knotless Tissue Control Devices that
provides a unique edge over traditional suturing.
Stratafix sutures enables more strength,
consistency, security and efficiency over its predecessors because the surgeon
can manage tension and control tissue approximation with each pass. It also
eliminates the need to tie knots.
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| The loop eliminates the need to tie knots |
STRATAFIX™ Spiral Plus sutures glide
through tissue very smoothly and are available in both bidirectional and a
unidirectional design with an adjustable fixation loop.
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| bidirectional design |
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| equally used in endoscopic surgery |
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| the loop saves time for knots |
"I call it the suture of the
future," said James Dan Kondrup**, M.D., Minimally Invasive Gynecologic
Surgeon of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, NY. "Any case where I can use
STRATAFIX sutures, I will."
The sutures are made with proprietary
polymers and coated with antibiotics to reduce the surgical site infection.
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| antibiotics incorporated in the device. |
STRATAFIX™ Spiral Plus Devices are of
use in various discipline like gynecological, general, bariatric, colorectal, orthopedic,
plastic and urological procedures. It can also be used in both open as well as
minimum invasive surgeries.
"With more than 60 years of
experience, Ethicon has become synonymous with surgical sutures," said
Liza Ovington, Franchise Medical Director for Ethicon. "Ethicon will
continue to innovate in wound closure working to provide solutions that elevate
the standard of care for surgeons and the patients they serve."
STRATAFIX™ Symmetric PDS™ Plus Devices
and Spiral PDS™ are used in closure of high tension structures such as fascia offering
strength and support for 4-6 weeks. It is absorbed in 180 days.
STRATAFIX™ Spiral MONOCRYL™ Plus
Knotless Tissue Control Device maintains strength for 1-2 weeks and gets
absorbed in 90-120 days.
James Kondrup is a paid consultant of Ethicon.
This video highlights the latest wound
closure innovation from Ethicon - Introducing the STRATAFIX™ Spiral Plus
Knotless Tissue Device portfolio, an unmatched portfolio to meet your wound
closure needs.
This video provides an overview of the
STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Device portfolio. This video will describe the safe
and effective use of STRATAFIX™ in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery for
various tissue types and layers.
More information about the STRATAFIX
sutures can be accessed here.
[1] https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/history-of-sutures-ethicon
