Table 1. Suture material related complications reported in medical database

Sex	Age	Diagnosis	Operation	Outcome	Country	Reported year
M	75	Penetration of the monofilament across the wall of the bronchus	No treatment	Absorbable monofilament endoloop suture could bring out bronchial penetration.	Japan	Nakano et al., 2017 [6]
M	66	Small bowel obstruction with strangulation	Adhesiolysis and small bowel segmental resection and anastomosis	Non-absorbable propylene suture caused complete bowel obstruction	Nepal	Khanal et al., 2021 [4]
M	45	Small bowel obstruction	Removal of the embedded tail of the barbed suture from the mesentery	Bowel obstruction could be caused by an absorbable monofilament barbed suture.	Japan	Wang et al., 2021 [5]
M	50	Small bowel perforation	Removal of the tail of the barbed suture and closure of the serosal and muscular defect	Bowel obstruction could be caused by an absorbable monofilament barbed suture.	Japan	Wang et al.,2021 [5]