Surgical pledgets are non-absorbable synthetic patches made of poly-tetra fluoro ethylene (PTFE) that reduce the possibility of tearing of sutures through tissue. They are indicated for use as suture supports.
What are surgical felt pledgets?
Surgical PTFE Felt Pledgets are uniquely designed to provide non-absorbent tissue protection during the suturing process. Impregnanted with PTFE, also known as Teflon®, Surgical Felt Pledgets are indicated whenever there is a possibility of sutures tearing tissue.
What does pledget mean in medical terms?
Medical Definition of pledget : a compress or small flat mass usually of gauze or absorbent cotton that is laid over a wound or into a cavity to apply medication, exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.
What is the US Code for surgical pledget?
Surgical pledget US10835224B2(en) 2020-11-17 Deployment instrument for closure device for percutaneously sealing punctures US10219804B2(en) 2019-03-05 Devices, systems, and methods for repairing soft tissue and attaching soft tissue to bone
What is a pledget suture?
This type of surgical pledget is used with small diameter suture strands where the pledget material has sufficient resiliency to receive and retain the suture strand at the end of the slit without a preformed hole.
Images in Esophageal Diseases
Teflon pledgets are frequently used in surgery. Rare complications have been reported in which pledgets have eroded into adjacent anatomic structures. This report describes two such cases involving the esophagus.
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