Homework / test English to Dutch Medical Medical: Instruments surgery

..... is used for the fixation of non-absorbable braided polyester surgical suture to bone. What does 'braided' mean? Gevlochten? The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine says: "Generally, sutures are absorbable or non-absorbable and their structure may be divided into monofilament, twisted or braided. Braided sutures have plaited strands and provide secure knots .....".