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  2. Wound closure strip - Wikipedia

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    Plastic or other non-porous bandages often prevent perspiration and other bodily fluids from drying and are more likely to cause the wound to be macerated, which increases risk of bacterial or fungal infection. Steri-strips result in less scarring when compared to staples or sutures. They present a lesser chance of infection than sutures or ...

  3. Staple (fastener) - Wikipedia

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    Staples from one manufacturer may or may not fit another manufacturer's unit even if they look similar and serve the same purpose. Staples are often described as X/Y (e.g. 24/6 or 26/6), where the first number X is the gauge of the wire , and the second number Y is the length of the shank (leg) in millimeters. Some exceptions to this rule ...

  4. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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    Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or to resect and/or connect parts of an organ (e.g. bowels, stomach or lungs). The use of staples over sutures reduces the local inflammatory response, width of the wound, and time it takes to close a defect.

  5. Upholstery - Wikipedia

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    Upholstery is the work of providing furniture, especially seats, with padding, springs, webbing, and fabric or leather covers. The word also refers to the materials used to upholster something. Upholstery comes from the Middle English word upholder, [1] which referred to an artisan who makes fabric furnishings. [2]

  6. Stapler - Wikipedia

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    To pin, the anvil slides or rotates so that the staple bends outwards instead of inwards. Some staplers pin by bending one leg of the staple inwards and the other outwards. The staple binds the item with relative security but is easily removed. Tacking fastens objects to surfaces, such as bulletin boards or walls. A stapler that can tack has a ...

  7. Glossary of sewing terms - Wikipedia

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    A gathered overlay. The fabric is gathered on two parallel sides and stitched to an underlay, creating a shelf effect. It is often done in sheers, like chiffon running stitch A running stitch is an embroidery stitch that passes in and out of the fabric in a straight line. This stitch can be used to baste fabric pieces together.

  8. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    Sailmaker's stitch – may refer to any of the hand stitches used for stitching canvas sails, including the flat stitch, round stitch, baseball stitch, herringbone stitch. [2] Slip stitch – form of blind stitch for fastening two pieces of fabric together from the right side without the thread showing

  9. Needlepoint - Wikipedia

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    Because it is stitched on a fabric that is an open grid, needlepoint is not embellishing a fabric, as is the case with most other types of embroidery, but literally the making of a new fabric. It is for this reason that many needlepoint stitches must be of sturdier construction than other embroidery stitches.

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