Prevention of bacterial colonization on non-thermal atmospheric plasma treated surgical sutures for control and prevention of surgical site infections
Fig 9
Scanning electron microscopy images of suture samples before and after NTAP treatment.
SEM images of (A) PGLA, (B) PGA, (C) PDO and (D) PGCL sutures were obtained before and after 7-minute NTAP treatment at 100X and 2500X magnifications to evaluate structural and surface characteristics, respectively.