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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-15
pubmed:abstractText
Subcuticular, intradermal suturing with retained suture has been performed with a variety of techniques requiring bulky buried knots. This report outlines a new method for closing a skin wound under light to moderate tension with fewer problems of buried knot bulkiness and gapping of the wound ends. The suture method was developed in a porcine model and has been used in clinical suturing with 3-0, 4-0, and 5-0 suture material. Outcomes for 23 cases have been satisfactory with no dehiscences and no exposure of knot material. This technique provides the surgeon with an excellent way to approximate skin wounds with a retained sucuticular suture. A modified technique for small 3- to 10-mm wounds is also described.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0032-1052
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
102
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2447-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Method for securing a subcuticular suture with minimal buried knot.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Tennessee, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Memphis, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article