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

Preferred term

Polydioxanone  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 31621-87-1
  • Poly(oxy(1-oxo-1,2-ethanediyl)oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)

Allowable Qualifier(s)

In other languages

  • Polydioxanone

    French

  • 31621-87-1
  • Poly(oxy(1-oxo-1,2-ethanediyl)oxy-1,2-ethanediyl)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FPT85XJR-P

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