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Surgical suture

A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. There are numerous types of suture which differ by needle shape and size as well as thread material and…

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Needles

Thread

Techniques

Tissue adhesives

History

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Surgical suture

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples41
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Surgical suture

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related to history · 16
Surgical suture → Abulcasis, BC, Catgut, Egypt, Galen, Hippocrates, In, Indian, Needles, Roman, Roman Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Sushruta, Sutures, The, The Greek, Through
see also · 14
Surgical suture → Alexis Carrel, Barbed, Craft, Cutting, Diagnosis, French, Long-chain, Method, N-acetylglucosamineCyanoacrylate, Piece, Porous, Small, Staples, Type
related to External links · 4
Surgical suture → Media, Surgical, Wikimedia Commons Computer, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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suture tissue strength tensile sutures thread use needle surgical used skin material common tissues description advantages wound disadvantages knot synthetic

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small blood vesselsinstance ofMonofilament versus polyfilamentMonofilament fibers have less tensile strength but create less tissue trauma and are more appropriate with delicate tissues where tissue trauma c…0.80text
in cases of edema.Tissue reactivityinstance ofthe ability of the suture material to adapt to changing tissues0.80text
methyl-2-cyanoacrylateinstance ofIn surgical incisions it does not work as well as sutures as the wounds often break open.Cyanoacrylate is the generic name for cyanoacrylate based fast-acting glues0.80text
ethyl-2-cyanoacrylateinstance ofIn surgical incisions it does not work as well as sutures as the wounds often break open.Cyanoacrylate is the generic name for cyanoacrylate based fast-acting glues0.80text
silverinstance ofNeedles were made of bone or metals0.80text
copperinstance ofNeedles were made of bone or metals0.80text
and aluminium bronze wireinstance ofNeedles were made of bone or metals0.80text
Surgical suturerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Surgical suturerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Surgical suturerelated to External linksSurgical0.60section
Surgical suturerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Computer0.60section
Surgical suturerelated to historyThrough0.60section

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