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What is suture??? What is suture??? •Suture: as a verb is the act of sewing Suture: as a verb is the act of sewing by bringing tissue together by bringing tissue together •Suture as a noun is a material used Suture as a noun is a material used to bring tissue together to bring tissue together The Ideal Suture Material The Ideal Suture Material •Can be used in any Can be used in any tissue tissue •Easy to handle Easy to handle •Good knot security Good knot security •Minimal tissue reaction Minimal tissue reaction The Ideal Suture Material The Ideal Suture Material •Unfriendly to bacteria Unfriendly to bacteria •Strong yet small Strong yet small •Won’t tear through tissues Won’t tear through tissues •Cheap Cheap What’s It Used for? What’s It Used for? •To bring tissue edges together and speed To bring tissue edges together and speed wound healing (=tissue apposition) wound healing (=tissue apposition) •Orthopedic surgery to help stabilize Orthopedic surgery to help stabilize joints joints – Repair ligaments Repair ligaments •Ligate vessels or tissues Ligate vessels or tissues Characteristic of surgical Characteristic of surgical needle needle •It is rigid enough to prevent excessive It is rigid enough to prevent excessive bending bending •Not flexible to prevent breaking after bending Not flexible to prevent breaking after bending •It strong enough so it dose not break easily It strong enough so it dose not break easily •It is sharp enough to penetrate tissue It is sharp enough to penetrate tissue •It is approximately the same diameter as the suture It is approximately the same diameter as the suture material ; it carries to minimize truma in passage material ; it carries to minimize truma in passage though tissue though tissue •It is free of corrosion and rust to prevent infection It is free of corrosion and rust to prevent infection and tissue truama and tissue truama
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