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Catgut sutures: an exercise in discretion
1Clinical Engineering Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK. dfw.ce@liverpool.ac.uk
Medical Device Technology
|May 27, 1999
Abstract:
In last month's column, the workings of the Scientific Committee on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices of the European Commission were discussed and reference was made to a detailed risk assessment that had been undertaken with respect to surgical catgut. This article discusses that assessment.