Material: - Polyglactin 910 - Copolymer of: glycolide (glycolic acid) and L lactide (lactic acid) - Synthetic Multifilament (braid) Features: - Preferred performance - Soft tissue approximation - Proven reliability - Strong - Good handling & knotting - Knots slide easily - Finer gauges available, less material implanted - Few tissue reactions - Predictable strength retention profile - No foreign body left - No long term problems - High suppleness: minimises problems of multifilament - Easier passage through tissue - Minimal trauma in tissue - Not removed in presence of fluids Wound support time: - Medium term - 4 weeks Tensile Strength: - 75% - 2 weeks - 50% - 3 weeks - 25% - 4 weeks Absorption: - Absorbed by 56-70 days - Absorbed by hydrolysis