This monofilament suture features superior pliability for easy handling and tying. Compound of a copolymer of glycoside and epsilon caprolactone; it is virtually inert in tissue and absorbs as predictable. The surgeon may choose poliglecaprone sutures for procedures which require high initial tensile strength that diminishes over two weeks postoperatively. These include subcuticular closure and soft tissue approximations and ligations, with the exception of neural, cardiovascular, ophthalmic, and microsurgical applications. In addition, poliglecaprone sutures are available as dyed (violet) and not dyed (natural).

The dyed poliglecaprone suture retains approximately 60% to 70% of its original strength after seven days post implantation. It is reduced to 30% to 40% following fourteen days, with the whole original strength lost by 28 days. On the other hand, at seven days, the colorless poliglecaprone suture retains approximately 50% to 60% of its original strength, and approximately 20% to 30% following fourteen days post implantation. Finally, all of the original tensile strength of the colorless poliglecaprone suture is lost by twenty one days of post implantation. The absorption is essentially completed between 91 to 119 days.