Table 1.

Tensile strength of untied and tied fiber (Based on Brouwers et al. [25])

Suture material	Diameter (mm)	Suture strength (N)	Knot strength (N)
Plain catgut	0.36	25.5	23.7 - 29.6
Maxon	0.31	34.5	22.1 - 46.1
PDS	0.3	27.2	12.4 - 36.5
Prolene	0.26	16.7	6.2 - 26.7
Dexon	0.24	29.1	24.1 - 39.4
Mersilene	0.26	28.3	20.5 - 37.8
Vicryl	0.29	34.6	14.1 - 38.8