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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical applicability and safety of absorbable synthetic suture materials (Safil(R)/Safil(R)Quick/Monosyn(R)) in obstetrical surgeries. METHODS: This clinical trial includes 100 patients who delivered vaginally and 198 patients who were undergone cesarean section from April 2004 to September 2004. In cases of vaginal delivery, patients were divided with the same number into the study group in which Safil(R) Quick was used and the control group in which chromic catgut was used for episiotomy and perineal laceration repair. In case of cesarean delivery, patients were divided into two groups. The first group which included 100 patients was subdivided with the same number into the study group in which Monosyn(R) was used and the control group in which chromic catgut was used for uterine repair. The second group which included 98 patients was subdivided with the same number into the study group in which Safil(R) was used and the control group in which Vicryl was used for rectus fascia repair. Wound healing status and complications are assessed during postoperative stage, at hospital discharge, and at postpartum out-patients follow-up. RESULTS: Compared with chromic catgut groups, Safil(R) Quick group showed no difference in hospital stay from vaginal delivery, wound healing status and surgical complications and Monosyn(R) group showed no difference in operating time, decrease in hemoglobin at postoperative day 3 and surgical complications. Safil(R) group showed no difference in operating time, postoperative pain and surgical complications compared with Vicryl group. CONCLUSION: Safil(R)/Safil(R) Quick/Monosyn(R) were equivalent with regard to most aspects of their clinical suitability and may be useful alternative suture materials in obstetrical surgeries.