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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. Metopism - Wikipedia

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    Metopism. Metopism is the condition of having a persistent metopic suture, [2] or persistence of the frontal metopic suture in the adult human skull. [3] Metopism is the opposite of craniosynostosis. [4] The main factor of the metopic suture is to increase the volume of the anterior cranial fossa. The frontal bone includes the forehead, and the ...

  4. Suture materials comparison chart - Wikipedia

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    A synthetic adsorbable suture material. Braided synthetic adsorbable multifilament made of polyglycolic acid and coated with N-laurin and L-lysine, which render the thread extremely smooth, soft and knot safe. A synthetic adsorbable suture material. Monofilament synthetic absorbable suture, prepared from the polyester, poly (p-dioxanone ...

  5. Catgut suture - Wikipedia

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    Catgut Chrome (B Braun) suture is a variant treated with chromic acid salts. This treatment produces roughly twice the stitch-holding time of plain catgut, but greater tissue inflammation occurs. Full tensile strength is extended to 18–21 days. It is brown rather than straw-colored, and has improved smoothness due to the dry presentation of ...

  6. Central venous catheter - Wikipedia

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    The most common central line inserted is the 7-French triple-lumen catheter in the picture. It is the workhorse of teaching hospitals and ICUs worldwide. The catheter is held in place by an adhesive dressing, suture, or staple which is covered by an occlusive dressing.

  7. Fibrous joint - Wikipedia

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    A suture is a type of fibrous joint that is only found in the skull (cranial suture). The bones are bound together by Sharpey's fibres . A tiny amount of movement is permitted at sutures, which contributes to the compliance and elasticity of the skull.

  8. Suture (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Suture (anatomy) In anatomy, a suture is a fairly rigid joint between two or more hard elements of an organism, with or without significant overlap of the elements. [1] Sutures are found in the skeletons or exoskeletons of a wide range of animals, in both invertebrates and vertebrates. Sutures are found in animals with hard parts from the ...

  9. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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    Specialty. Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Periodontics [1] ICD-9-CM. 23.0 - 23.1. MeSH. D014081. [edit on Wikidata] A dental extraction (also referred to as tooth extraction, exodontia, exodontics, or informally, tooth pulling) is the removal of teeth from the dental alveolus (socket) in the alveolar bone.

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