PBL Suturing Techniques
PBL Suturing Techniques
PBL Suturing Techniques
DEFINITION
Provides an adequate tension of wound closure without dead space but loose
enough to obviate tissue ischemia and necrosis.
Maintain hemostasis
4. Diameter
Diameter
Tissue must never be closed under tension. Suture should be tied only to
approximate the tissues, not to be blanched.
The knot should never lie on the incision line.
Avoid retrieving the needle from the tissue by the tip as it will dull the
needle.
Indications
- Vertical incision
- Tuberosity and retromolar areas
- Bone regeneration procedures with or without guided tissue regeneration
- Edentulous areas, osseointegrated implants
- Partial or split thickness flaps
Advantages
- Successive sutures can be placed to fit individual requirement
- The loosening of one suture will not produce loosening of other suture
- When required, selected sutures may be removed without interfering each
other.
Disadvantages
- Time consuming as many individual sutures has to be placed to close the entire
flap
- Many knots have to be placed.
Simple Continuous Suture
Have a long span & close the entire distance of the flap
Indications
- Long wounds
- Wound tension is minimized
- Approximation of wound edges are good
- Split or full thickness skin graft
Advantages
- Less scaring occurs
- Quicker placement and more rapid reapproximation of wound edges
- Can include as many teeth as required
- Water tight closure
Disadvantages
- possible crosshatching
- risk of dehiscence if the suture material ruptures
- difficulty in making fine adjustments along the suture line
- puckering of the suture line when the stitches are placed in thin
skin
Simple Continuous with Locking Suture
Indications
- have increased tensile strength; therefore, moderate tension
- requiring additional hemostasis because of oozing from the skin
edges.
Advantages
- Relative maintenance of suture strength
Disadvantages
- Increased risk of impairing the microcirculation
- Cause tissue strangulation if placed too tightly
- Useful on the scalp or in the postauricular sulcus
Vertical Mattress Suture
Indications
- Maximising wound eversion
- Reducing dead space
- Minimising tension across the wound
Advantages
- Reduce the risk of scarring
- Eversion produced by the mattress sutures is valuable when closing sites with
edges that tend to roll under
Disadvantages
- Risk of crosshatching is greater
- Takes time to apply
- Caution must be taken not to place sutures too tight.
Horizontal Mattress Suture
Indications
- High tension
- Stay stitch to temporarily approximate wound edges allowing
placement of simple interrupted or subcuticular stitches.
- Sutures may be placed before a proposed excision as a skin
expansion technique to reduce tension
Advantages
- Effective hemostatic sutures on vascular tissues
- Reinforces the subcutaneous tissue
- Relieves tension from skin edges better
- Close extraction sockets
Disadvantages
- They have a high risk of producing suture marks if left in place for
longer than 7 days.
- High risk of tissue strangulation and wound edge necrosis if tied
too tightly.
Figure of 8
Advantages
- Rapid closure
Disadvantage
- Due to its orientation, it is difficult to remove and it leaves a significant
amount of suture threads inside the socket
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