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  2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    shown above. [edit on Wikidata] A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. There are numerous types of suture which differ by needle shape and ...

  3. Horizontal mattress stitch - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal mattress stitch is a suture technique used to close wounds. It everts skin well and spreads tension along the wound edge. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] This makes it ideal for holding together fragile skin [ 4 ] as well as skin under high tension such as the distant edges of a large laceration or as the initial holding suture in complicated ...

  4. Vertical mattress stitch - Wikipedia

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    Vertical mattress stitch. All bites are in the same vertical plane. The vertical mattress stitch, often called vertical Donati stitch (named after the Italian surgeon Mario Donati), [1] is a suture type used to close skin wounds. The advantages of the vertical mattress suture are that it provides closure for both deep and superficial layers ...

  5. Simple interrupted stitch - Wikipedia

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    A wound before and after being closed by simple interrupted sutures, but with a central vertical mattress suture. The simple interrupted stitch is a suturing technique used to close wounds. It is the most commonly used technique in the closure of skin. [1] It is known as an interrupted stitch because the individual stitches aren't connected ...

  6. Corner stitch - Wikipedia

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    The corner stitch is a common suture technique. [1] It used to close wounds that are angled or Y-shaped without appreciably compromising blood supply to the wound tip. [2][3] The corner stitch is a variation of the horizontal mattress stitch, and is sometimes called the "half-buried horizontal mattress stitch". [4]

  7. Wound - Wikipedia

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    A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs. [1][2] Wounds can either be the sudden result of direct trauma (mechanical, thermal, chemical), or can develop slowly over time due to underlying disease processes such as diabetes mellitus, venous/arterial insufficiency, or immunologic disease. [3]

  8. Halsted's principles - Wikipedia

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    Halsted's principles. Halsted's principles, also known as Tenets of Halsted, are the basic principles of surgical technique regarding tissue handling. [1] These key points were introduced in the late 19th century by William Stewart Halsted, co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital. [2][3] Gentle handling of tissue. Meticulous haemostasis.

  9. Seton stitch - Wikipedia

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    The cord provides a path that allows the fistula to drain continuously while it is healing, rather than allowing the exterior of the wound to close over. Keeping the fistula tract open can help prevent the trapping of pus or other infectious material in the wound. The procedure was mentioned by Hippocrates.

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