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  2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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    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 size as well as thread material ...

  3. Circumcision surgical procedure - Wikipedia

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    Circumcision surgical procedure. Circumcision surgical procedure in males involves either a conventional "cut and stitch" surgical procedure or use of a circumcision instrument or device. In the newborn period (less than 2 months of age), almost all circumcisions are done by generalist practitioners using one of three surgical instruments.

  4. Surgical knot - Wikipedia

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    Stronger braided suturing thread is preferred because the knot has a tendency to fray as it is slid down the cannula. At the end of the running suture line, clips can be placed across the suture tail. Barbed suture is a knotless surgical suture that has a pattern of barbs on its surface. These barbs lock the suture into the tissue, eliminating ...

  5. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    -centesis : surgical puncture-tripsy : crushing or breaking up-desis : fusion of two parts into one, stabilization-ectomy : surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Corner stitch - Wikipedia

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    Corner stitch. 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]

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