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Descriptor English: Polyglactin 910
Descriptor Spanish: Poliglactina 910
Descriptor poliglactina 910
Entry term(s) poli(láctido-co-glicósido)
poliéster del ácido glicólico-láctico
Scope note: Poliéster usado para suturas y mallas quirúrgicas absorbibles, en especial en cirugía oftálmica. Polímero del ácido 2-hidroxi-propanoico con ácido hidroxiacético polimerizado, que forma el polímero 3,6-dimetil-1,4-dioxano-diona con el copolímero 1,4-dioxano-2,5-diona, de peso molecular de unos 80.000 Da.
Descriptor Portuguese: Poliglactina 910
Descriptor French: Polyglactine 910
Entry term(s): Acid Polyester, Glycolic-Lactic
Dimethyldioxanedione Polymer with Dioxanedione Polymer
Dioxanedione Polymer with Dimethyldioxanedione Polymer
Glycolic Lactic Acid Polyester
Glycolic-Lactic Acid Polyester
Poly(Glycolide Lactide)Copolymer
Poly(Lactide-Co-Glycolide)
Poly(Lactide-Co-Glycoside)
Polyester, Glycolic-Lactic Acid
Polygalactin 910
Polyglactin
Vicryl
Tree number(s): D05.750.728.772
D25.720.728.772
J01.637.051.720.728.772
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011098
Scope note: A polyester used for absorbable sutures & surgical mesh, especially in ophthalmic surgery. 2-Hydroxy-propanoic acid polymer with polymerized hydroxyacetic acid, which forms 3,6-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-dione polymer with 1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione copolymer of molecular weight about 80,000 daltons.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
Registry Number: 34346-01-5
CAS Type 1 Name: Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, polymer with hydroxyacetic acid
Previous Indexing: Polymers (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under POLYMERS 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under POLYMERS 1979-90
DeCS ID: 11534
Unique ID: D011098
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/12/09
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Polyglactin 910 - Preferred
Concept UI M0017192
Scope note A polyester used for absorbable sutures & surgical mesh, especially in ophthalmic surgery. 2-Hydroxy-propanoic acid polymer with polymerized hydroxyacetic acid, which forms 3,6-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-dione polymer with 1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione copolymer of molecular weight about 80,000 daltons.
Preferred term Polyglactin 910
Entry term(s) Polygalactin 910
Vicryl - Narrower
Concept UI M0373158
Preferred term Vicryl
Poly(Lactide-Co-Glycoside) - Broader
Concept UI M0017191
Preferred term Poly(Lactide-Co-Glycoside)
Entry term(s) Acid Polyester, Glycolic-Lactic
Dimethyldioxanedione Polymer with Dioxanedione Polymer
Dioxanedione Polymer with Dimethyldioxanedione Polymer
Glycolic Lactic Acid Polyester
Glycolic-Lactic Acid Polyester
Poly(Glycolide Lactide)Copolymer
Poly(Lactide-Co-Glycolide)
Polyester, Glycolic-Lactic Acid
Polyglactin



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