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surgical suture
Needle & thread used to close a wound. Surgical sutures may be absorbable by body tissues, thus eliminating the need for suture removal.
Management:
- recommendations to keep dry for 48 hours unwarranted
- wounds may be washed within 12 hours
- subcuticular Vicryl closure left in place produces best scars [3]
Related
surgical clip
surgical staple(s)
Specific
abdominal wall suture for evisceration/dehiscence
angiorrhaphy
enterorraphy
enterorrhaphy
gastrorrhaphy
hepatorrhaphy
nephrorrhaphy; suture of kidney
repair of laceration tongue/floor of mouth
surgical suture of eyelid wound
suture of esophageal injury
suture of infrapatellar tendon
suture of iris/ciliary body
suture of mesentery
suture of nerve
suture of nerve plexus
suture of tongue to lip for micrognathia
suture of tracheal injury
tarsorrhaphy
temporary closure of eyelids by surgical suture
tenodesis
trachelorrhaphy
upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with suturing of esophagogastric junction
General
surgical closure
device (medical device)
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Heal C et al,
Can sutures get wet? Prospective randomised controlled trial
of wound management in general practice
BMJ 2006; 332:1053
PMID: 16636023
- Alam M et al,
Aesthetic and functional efficacy of subcuticular running
epidermal closures of the trunk and extremity: A rater-binded
randomized control trial.
Arch Dermatolo 2006, 142:1272
PMID: 17043181