Catgut suture a natural absorbable suture and is obtained by longitudinally slitting the intestinal submucosa of sheep and goat, twisting the ribbons and joining them in wet condition giving monofilament finish.
Catgut plain sutures are absorbed by enzymatic hydrolysis and starts loosing tensile strength from 12-15 days on implantation.
Catgut plain sutures are absorbed extremely fast and elicit very minimal tissue reaction.
Sterilized by sterilizing fluid containing EO.
