The Inverting Horizontal Mattress 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 Locking Horizontal Mattress Suture
Synonym Print Section Listen Modified locking horizontal mattress Application Print Section Listen This is a modification of the horizontal mattress suture, a frequently used everting technique used for closure and…
The Simple Running Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is the standard running suture used for epidermal approximation. It may be used alone in the context of small wounds under…
The Horizontal Mattress Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a frequently used everting technique employed for closure and epidermal approximation. As with many interrupted techniques, it may be used…
The Depth-Correcting Simple Interrupted Suture
Synonym Print Section Listen Step-off correction suture Application Print Section Listen This technique is used to correct depth disparities when the depth of the epidermis on each side of an…
The Simple Interrupted Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is the standard benchmark suture used for closure and epidermal approximation. It may be used alone in the context of small…
The Running Locked Intradermal Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen This is a niche hybrid technique, combining the tension relief and lack of transepidermal suture placement of a classic buried suture with…
The Stacked Backing Out Subcuticular Suture Technique
Synonym Print Section Listen Super loop suture Application Print Section Listen This is a niche technique that may be conceptualized as a backing out subcuticular approach with the first row…
The Stacked Double Purse-String Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen Like all purse-string approaches, this technique is designed to either shrink the size of a defect or obviate it entirely, depending on…
The Bootlace Suture
Introduction Print Section Listen Application Print Section Listen Like traditional running buried sutures, this is a hybrid technique, combining the tension relief and lack of transepidermal suture placement of a…
