Even though she didn't have the heart to discourage Xin Ziqi, Ji Huan still told him the truth.
Xin Ziqi asked, confused, "Why?"
This material was unlike any suture he had ever seen. He couldn't understand why it was unusable.
The reasoning was actually quite simple.
Absorbable sutures, after being implanted in human tissue, could indeed be broken down and absorbed by the body, sparing the patient the pain of having stitches removed.
But they weren't typically used for suturing tendons.
A ruptured tendon requires a long time to heal. Absorbable sutures, especially catgut like this, are absorbed too quickly—sometimes in just four or five days. They are mostly used for faster-healing tissues or closing infected wounds, which is far from long enough for a tendon to mend.
You have to understand, it's very dangerous for the suture to start absorbing before the tendon has healed. If things go wrong, the sutured tendon could rupture again.
