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Bending Stiffness of Selected 2-0 Suture Materials
| Suture | Initial Stiffness (kg/cm2) |
| Polyglycolide (Dexon™) | 1.15 × 102 |
| Silk | 2.29 × 102 |
| Polyglactin 910 (Vicryl™) | 3.44 × 102 |
| Polyglyconate (Maxon™) | 5.60 × 103 |
| Polydioxanone (PDO; PDS™) | 1.05 × 104 |
| Polypropylene (Prolene™) | 2.30 × 104 |
| Chromic surgical gut | 2.77 × 104 |
Dexon and Maxon, Covidien AG, Mansfield, MA; PDS, Prolene, and Vicryl, Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ.
