Table 1.

The difference between the width of the wire diameter range of each specification suture and the adjacent coarse gauge sutures diameter [52].

Specification	Nonabsorbable Surgical Sutures/mm		Absorbable Surgical Sutures/mm
			Class I		Class II—Single Strand		Class II—Many Strands
	Width of Sutures Diameter Range	Diameter Difference of Adjacent Coarse Gauge Sutures	Width of Sutures Diameter Range	Diameter Difference of Adjacent Coarse Gauge Sutures	Width of Sutures Diameter Range	Diameter Difference of Adjacent Coarse Gauge Sutures	Width of Sutures Diameter Range	Diameter Difference of Adjacent Coarse Gauge Sutures
12-0	0.008	0.009	——	——	0.008	0.009	——	——
11-0	0.009	0.010	——	——	0.009	0.010	——	——
10-0	0.009	0.010	——	——	0.009	0.010	——	——
9-0	0.009	0.010	0.009	0.010	0.009	0.010	——	——
8-0	0.009	0.010	0.019	0.020	0.009	0.010	——	——
7-0	0.019	0.020	0.029	0.030	0.019	0.010	0.044	0.045
6-0	0.029	0.030	0.049	0.050	0.029	0.030	0.054	0.055
5-0	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050
4-0	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050
4-0/T	——	——	0.049	0.050	——	——	——	——
3-0	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050	0.049	0.050	0.089	0.090
2-0/T	0.049	0.050	——	——	0.049	0.050	——	——
2-0	0.049	0.050	0.079	0.080	0.049	0.050	0.059	0.060
0	0.049	0.050	0.069	0.070	0.049	0.050	0.099	0.010
1	0.099	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.070	0.071
2	0.099	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.039	——
3	0.099	0.100	0.099	0.100	0.099	0.100	——	——
4			0.099	0.100			——	——
5	0.099	0.100	——	——	0.099	——	——	——
6	0.099	0.100	——	——	——	——	——	——
7	0.099	0.100	——	——	——	——	——	——
8	0.099	0.100	——	——	——	——	——	——
9	0.099	0.100	——	——	——	——	——	——
10	0.099	——	——	——	——	——	——	——

Note: “——”represents that this specification data is not available.