Table 1. Morphological and Mechanical Properties of the PHBV SVN under Dry and Wet Conditions.

	fiber diameter (μm)	pore size (μm)	UTS (MPa)	yield strength (MPa)	stiffness (N/mm)	suture retention (MPa)
dry	0.76 ± 0.22	2.73 ± 1.47	0.87 ± 0.14aa	0.58 ± 0.09b	6.33 ± 0.59c	1.70 ± 0.05d
wet	n/ab	n/a	0.48 ± 0.12a	0.12 ± 0.03b	0.94 ± 0.14c	0.89 ± 0.11d

^aa, d: significantly different (p < 0.05). b, c: significantly different (p < 0.005)

^bn/a = not applicable, n = 4.