The Cross Stitch
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a niche technique used for closure, hemostasis, and epidermal approximation of select wounds. It may be conceptualized as a simple…
The Running Pleated Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This technique is designed to correct an imbalance in tissue length on two sides of a wound, as is commonly encountered in…
The Lattice Stitch
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a niche technique designed for wounds with an atrophic dermis or under significant tension, where traditional suturing techniques do not…
The Purse-String Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This technique is designed to either shrink the size of a defect or obviate it entirely, depending on the degree of tension…
The Adhesive Strip Bolster Technique
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a niche technique designed for wounds with an atrophic dermis, where standard suturing techniques result in significant tissue tear through…
The Combined Horizontal Mattress and Simple Interrupted Suture
Synonym Print Section Listen Rousso stitch Application Print Section Listen This is an everting technique used for closure and epidermal approximation, and is a variation on the horizontal mattress technique….
The Lembert Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a niche technique designed to encourage wound-edge inversion, and is useful primarily to recreate a natural crease. It may be…
The Vertical Mattress Tip Stitch
Synonym Print Section Listen Modified corner stitch Application Print Section Listen This technique, also described as the modified corner stitch, is designed to bring three ends of tissue together, and…
The Winch Stitch
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a niche intraoperative tissue expansion approach. When closing wounds under marked tension, buried or transepidermal pulley sutures may be insufficient…
The Pulley Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen The pulley suture technique relies on the pulley effect of multiple loops of suture to permit the closure of wounds under even…
