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Wound Closure

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Knot your
average suture
Traditional suturing techniques can lead to knot-related complications.1 Why compromise
when you can get more with STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices?
* More efficiency and consistency with no need to tie knots2,3
* More strength* and security than traditional sutures3-7
- STRATAFIX™ Symmetric PDS™ Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device provides
39% greater holding strength than coated VICRYL® (polyglactin 910) Suture4
* 28% reduction in surgical site infection risk demonstrated in a
meta-analysis with the use of triclosan-coated sutures8†‡§
* STRATAFIX Knotless Tissue Control Devices are the only commercially
available barbed sutures with Plus Antibacterial Technology9,10

Why Knot?
When you can STRATAFIX™
For complete indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions,
and adverse reactions, please reference full package insert.
*Refers to STRATAFIX™ Symmetric PDS™ Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device only.
†
In a meta-analysis that included 21 RCTs, 6462 patients, 95% CI: (14, 40%), P<0.001.
‡
All triclosan-coated sutures in these RCTs were Ethicon Plus Antibacterial Sutures (MONOCRYL® Plus Antibacterial (poliglecaprone 25)
Suture, Coated VICRYL® Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture, and PDS® Plus Antibacterial (polydioxanone) Suture).
§
Meta-analysis only included traditional (non-barbed) sutures.
References 1. Sissener T. Suture patterns. Com Anim. 2006;11:14-19. 2. Moran ME, Marsh C, Perrotti M. Bidirectional-barbed sutured knotless running anastomosis v classic Van Velthoven suturing in a model system. J Endourol.
2007;21(10):1175-1178. 3. Vakil JJ, O'Reilly MP, Sutter EG, Mears SC, Belko SM, Khanuja HS. Knee arthrotomy repair with a continuous barbed suture: a biomechanical study. J Arthroplasty. 2011;26(5):710 713. 4. Nonnenman H.
100326296: Time zero tissue holding - Competitive claims comparisons for STRATAFIX Knotless Tissue Control Devices vs various products. 2015. Ethicon, Inc. 5. Levine BR, Ting N, Della Valle CJ. Use of a barbed suture
in the closure of hip and knee arthroplasty wounds. Orthopedics. 2011;34(9):e473-e475. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20110714-35. 6 Einarsson JI, Chavan NR, Suzuki Y, Jonsdottir G, Vellinga TT, Greenberg JA. Use of bidirectional
barbed suture in laparoscopic myomectomy: evaluation of perioperative outcomes, safety, and efficacy. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2011;18(1):92-95. 7. Eickmann T, Quane E. Total knee arthroplasty closure with barbed sutures.
J Knee Surg. 2010;23(3):163-167. 8. de Jonge SW, Atema JJ, Solomkin JS, Boermeester MA. Meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of triclosan-coated sutures for the prevention of surgical-site infection. Br J Surg. 2017;104(2):e118-e133.
9. Ming X, Rothenburger S, Yang D. In vitro antibacterial efficacy of Monocryl Plus Antibacterial Suture (poligelcaprone 25 with triclosan). Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2007;8(2):201-07. 10. Ming X, Rothenburger S, Nichols MM. In vivo and
in vitro antibacterial efficacy of PDS Plus (polidioxanone with triclosan) suture. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2008;9(4):451-57.

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