Early and prolonged opportunities to practice suturing increases medical student comfort with suturing during clerkships: Suturing during cadaver dissection

Optimal Patterns for Suturing

A mathematical model for computing stresses in sutured human skin wounds is presented. The model uses the incremental law of elasticity and elastic constants valid for in vivo orthotropic skin. The model is applied to compute the principal stress and displacements resulting from suturing small elliptical and circular wounds in a large at sheet of skin, in order to determine the optimal suturing...

A new suturing needle.

Suturing for surgical success.

The paramount goal of soft tissue surgery is closure of wound flaps, in the absence of tension on the flaps, which will lead to optimal wound healing. Surgical procedures that require flap manipulation such as those used with traditional periodontal therapy, periodontal plastic cosmetic surgery, hard and soft tissue regeneration, and the excision of pathologic tissue require excellence in execu...

Corneal Suturing Techniques

Surgical Indications • Congenital corneal disorders • Corneal dystrophies • Corneal degenerations • Corneal scarring/opacifi cation – Infection – Infl ammation – Trauma • Graft failure • Corneal decompensation – Pseudophakic – Aphakic – Iatrogenic – Dystrophic – Traumatic Surgical Instrumentation • Operating microscope • Microsuturing instruments – Fine-toothed 0.12-mm forceps – Fine-tip needle...

Suturing, Stapling, and Tissue Adhesives