Table 5.
Tensile test results of different suture threads at baseline and after incubation in saline solution, bile, and pancreatic juice.
| Saline solution | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poliglecaprone 25 4-0 |
Polydioxanone 4-0 |
Polyglactin 910 4-0 |
Polypropylene 4-0 |
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| Time | UTS [MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS [MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS [MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS [MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
| Dry | 1721.1 | 789.3 | 1726.3 | 2660.3 | 1664.5 | 7663.9 | 904.2 | 2504.2 |
| 1 Day | 1662.2 | 622.5 | 1578.4 | 1796.2 | 1667.4 | 7108.1 | 917.9 | 2289.5 |
| 3 Days | 1646.6 | 503.9 | 1598.3 | 2006.1 | 1647.4 | 6445.8 | 924.9 | 2546.3 |
| 7 Days | 1105.7 | 612.5 | 1529.9 | 1860.0 | 1601.9 | 7075.0 | 917.5 | 2394.5 |
| Bile | ||||||||
|
Poliglecaprone 25
4-0 |
Polydioxanone
4-0 |
Polyglactin 910
4-0 |
Polypropylene
4-0 |
|||||
| Time |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
| Dry | 1721.1 | 789.3 | 1726.3 | 2660.3 | 1664.5 | 7663.9 | 904.2 | 2504.2 |
| 1 Day | 1205.4 | 619.3 | 1517.8 | 2259.6 | 1512.8 | 6594.7 | 698.6 | 2390.4 |
| 3 Days | 1321.5 | 679.1 | 1477.0 | 2019.4 | 1515.4 | 6363.9 | 732.1 | 2529.8 |
| 7 Days | 967.4 | 571.6 | 1442.2 | 2045.5 | 1435.1 | 6120.2 | 710.1 | 2636.4 |
| Pancreatic Juice | ||||||||
|
Poliglecaprone 25
4-0 |
Polydioxanone
4-0 |
Polyglactin 910
4-0 |
Polypropylene
4-0 |
|||||
| Time |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
UTS
[MPa] |
E0–3
[MPa] |
| Dry | 1721.1 | 789.3 | 1726.3 | 2660.3 | 1664.5 | 7663.9 | 904.2 | 2504.2 |
| 1 Day | 1547.1 | 608.6 | 1599.1 | 2265.0 | 1573.7 | 6089.8 | 710.5 | 2383.7 |
| 3 Days | 1108.0 | 546.1 | 1606.8 | 2275.9 | 1685.6 | 5711.1 | 666.8 | 2314.3 |
| 7 Days | 1050.9 | 568.0 | 1658.9 | 2039.8 | 1461.7 | 6680.1 | 793.9 | 2214.3 |