PETCRYL POLYGLYCOLIC ACID (VIOLET) COATED & BRAIDED,1/2 CIRCLE ROUND BODY, 16MM ABSORBABLE SURGICAL SUTURE USP, 45CM, 5-0

Petcryl is the brand name of PGA sutures manufactured by Dolphin Sutures. Petcryl is made from 100% Glycolide popularly known as PGA Sutures or polyglycolic acid sutures. Dolphin Sutures is the first Indian brand to launch Polyglycolic Acid Sutures in India in the year 1997.

PGA suture is an ideal and time tested synthetic absorbable suture, widely used by surgeons all over the world. PGA sutures’ superior features over catgut are predictable absorption, outstanding tensile strength, in-vivo inertness and excellent handling properties. PGA suture are available in dyed (violet colour suture) and also un-dyed versions and meet all the requirements established by the United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) and the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) for Synthetic Absorbable Surgical Sutures.

PGA sutures exhibit superior tensile strength as compared to polyglactin sutures and is recommended to be used in orthopedic and hysterectomy surgeries instead of polyglactin. Petcryl sutures are available in undyed and violet colour.