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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Polyesters > Polydioxanone
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Polyesters > Polydioxanone
Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Polyesters > Polydioxanone
Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Biocompatible Materials > Polydioxanone
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Biocompatible Materials > Polydioxanone

Preferred term

Polydioxanone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Absolok
  • Absoloks
  • PDS II (Ethicon)

Scope note

  • An absorbable suture material used also as ligating clips, as pins for internal fixation of broken bones, and as ligament reinforcement for surgically managed ligament injuries. Its promising characteristics are elasticity, complete biodegradability, and lack of side effects such as infections.

History note

  • 92; was POLYDIOXANONE (NM) 1979-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016687

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