PTFE Felt Pledget
Teflon Pledget · Teflon Felt · Felt Pledget · PTFE Felt Strip · Pledget · Suture Buttress
Small, soft, white pieces of PTFE (Teflon) felt, sold sterile as pre-cut squares, rectangles and dots, or as larger sheets and strips that are cut to size.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Placed on a stitch so the sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry does not cut through delicate or fragile tissue, such as the arterial wall, myocardiummy-oh-KAR-dee-umThe thick middle layer of the heart wall, made of heart muscle that contracts to pump blood.my/o musclecardi/o heart-um structureFull entry or a valve annulus. Felt strips and pledgets reinforceree-in-FORSTo repeat and support teaching or care that has already been started, so the client remembers and follows it.Full entry suture lines in cardiac, aortic and vascular repairs, for example cannulation purse strings and atrialAY-tree-ulRelating to an atrium, one of the two upper chambers of the heart.atri/o atrium-al relating toFull entry appendage closure.
Lengths and variants
Pre-cut pledgets in several sizes and shapes, plus larger felt sheets and strips that are cut on the field. Some vascular sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry come with a pledget already attached.
What experienced techs know
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4 sources
- Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 30 (Vascular and Microvascular Surgery), p. 837
- Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 32 (Cardiac Surgery), p. 933
- Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Cardiac Surgery chapter (Grafts), PDF p. 916
- medline.com
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