The handling characteristics, including particularly the knot run down, of synthetic absorbable surgical sutures and {TAIL ~ tissue drag characteristics} are improved by {HEAD ~ a coating} of a lubricating film of a bioabsorbable copolymer having polyoxyethylene blocks and polyoxypropylene blocks, and which bioabsorbable copolymer has a molecular weight such that it is pasty to solid at 25° C 
The handling characteristics , including particularly the knot run down , of synthetic absorbable surgical sutures and { TAIL ~ tissue drag characteristics } are improved by { HEAD ~ a coating } of a lubricating film of a bioabsorbable copolymer having polyoxyethylene blocks and polyoxypropylene blocks , and which bioabsorbable copolymer has a molecular weight such that it is pasty to solid at 25 ° C
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