POCKET GUIDE TO SUTURE MATERIALS TECHNIQUES & …
2012-12-11 · involving sutures. Before catgut became the standard surgical suture material towards the end of the 19th century, many different paths had been followed to find a suitable material for sutures and ligatures. Materials that had been tried included gold, silver and steel wire, silk, linen, hemp, flax, tree bark, animal and human hair, bow-
