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    Suture Techniques

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    The document discusses various suturing techniques: The running stitch is made with a continuous length of suture to close tissue layers requiring close approximation. The interrupted stitch involves tying each stitch separately to allow for more exact wound edge approximation than the running stitch. The mattress stitch is a double stitch placed parallel or perpendicular to the wound edge to provide strength. The purse string stitch is a continuous stitch circling a wound to invert the edges when tied.

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    The document discusses various suturing techniques: The running stitch is made with a continuous length of suture to close tissue layers requiring close approximation. The interrupted stitch involves tying each stitch separately to allow for more exact wound edge approximation than the running stitch. The mattress stitch is a double stitch placed parallel or perpendicular to the wound edge to provide strength. The purse string stitch is a continuous stitch circling a wound to invert the edges when tied.

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    The document discusses various suturing techniques: The running stitch is made with a continuous length of suture to close tissue layers requiring close approximation. The interrupted stitch involves tying each stitch separately to allow for more exact wound edge approximation than the running stitch. The mattress stitch is a double stitch placed parallel or perpendicular to the wound edge to provide strength. The purse string stitch is a continuous stitch circling a wound to invert the edges when tied.

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    Suture Techniques

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    winfrey2207
    The document discusses various suturing techniques: The running stitch is made with a continuous length of suture to close tissue layers requiring close approximation. The interrupted stitch involves tying each stitch separately to allow for more exact wound edge approximation than the running stitch. The mattress stitch is a double stitch placed parallel or perpendicular to the wound edge to provide strength. The purse string stitch is a continuous stitch circling a wound to invert the edges when tied.

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    Carolina K Rahardja

    Suture Techniques
    The "Running" stitch is made with one continuous length of suture material. Used to close tissue layers which require close approximation, such as the peritoneum. May also be used in skin or blood vessels. The advantages of the running stitch are speed of execution, and accommodation of edema during the Running, or Continuous Stitch wound healing process. However, there is a greater potential for malapproximation of wound edges than with the interrupted stitch. Each stitch is tied separately. May be used in skin or underlying tissue layers. More exact approximation of wound edges can be achieved with this technique than with the running stitch.

    Interrupted Stitch A double stitch that is made parallel (horizontal mattress) or perpendicular (vertical mattress) to the wound edge. Chief advantage of this technique is strength of closure; each stitch penetrates each side of the wound twice, and is inserted deep Mattress Suture into the tissue. A continuous stitch paralleling the edges of a circular wound. The wound edges are inverted when tied. Commonly used to close circular wounds, such as a hernia or an appendiceal stump.

    Purse String

    Carolina K Rahardja

    A double loop technique alternating near and far stitches. Commonly used for approximating fascial edges.

    Smead-Jones/Far-andNear A self-locking running stitch used primarily for approximating skin edges.

    Continuous

    Locking,

    or

    Blanket Stitch

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