Table 4c.
Probability for ranking sutures: 1–11 for hernia formation.
| Material | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| PDS | 0.0009667 | 0.0188 | 0.1034 | 0.2613 | 0.322 | 0.2054 | 0.07175 | 0.01487 | 0.0016 | 0.00003333 | 0 |
| Polypropylene | 0.001283 | 0.01237 | 0.0505 | 0.133 | 0.2394 | 0.2737 | 0.1876 | 0.07463 | 0.02172 | 0.005283 | 0.0006 |
| Polyglactin | 0 | 0 | 0.0001 | 0.001217 | 0.00885 | 0.04587 | 0.1337 | 0.2502 | 0.2997 | 0.2029 | 0.0575 |
| Nylon | 0.0559 | 0.2452 | 0.381 | 0.2346 | 0.06775 | 0.01262 | 0.002767 | 0.0003167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polyglycolic acid | 0.0002667 | 0.0023 | 0.01073 | 0.02823 | 0.05692 | 0.1088 | 0.1852 | 0.2143 | 0.1715 | 0.1467 | 0.07507 |
| Polyglyconate | 0.0001167 | 0.0009167 | 0.0036 | 0.01162 | 0.02695 | 0.05673 | 0.1059 | 0.1668 | 0.2203 | 0.2376 | 0.1695 |
| Ethibond | 0.0002333 | 0.001233 | 0.003867 | 0.009383 | 0.01885 | 0.04103 | 0.0742 | 0.107 | 0.1403 | 0.233 | 0.3709 |
| Steel | 0.03363 | 0.1072 | 0.1577 | 0.1577 | 0.1335 | 0.1316 | 0.1176 | 0.06775 | 0.04477 | 0.03238 | 0.0162 |
| PLG | 0.4742 | 0.1634 | 0.0627 | 0.03803 | 0.03025 | 0.02785 | 0.02722 | 0.02305 | 0.02392 | 0.03595 | 0.09343 |
| Polysorb | 0.1329 | 0.1806 | 0.1207 | 0.067 | 0.05238 | 0.05383 | 0.05563 | 0.04925 | 0.04838 | 0.07145 | 0.168 |
| Triclosan-coated polyglactin | 0.3005 | 0.2681 | 0.1058 | 0.05798 | 0.04323 | 0.04267 | 0.03843 | 0.03175 | 0.02785 | 0.03477 | 0.0489 |
PDS, polydioxanone; PLG, poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide).