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Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Wound Closure and Suturing Techniques: Choosing Suture Material, Burying a Knot and Intradermal Patterns
Surgery II deck on closing a wound, starting with how to choose a suture: absorbable against non-absorbable, natural against synthetic, monofilament against multifilament, and then tensile strength, ease of handling, knot security, capillary wicking, the tissue being sutured, healing speed and cost. It shows how to make a surgical incision, bury a knot, run the intradermal suture patterns and tie an Aberdeen knot, and ends with removing sutures by elevating and snipping them and supporting the wound with adhesive strips so it does not reopen.
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