| suture | <surgery> Usually a synthetic based line that is minimally reactive in biological tissue. Commonly used are nylon, Prolene and gut. Absorbable suture will dissolve over time (Vicryl and chromic). The choice in thickness (strength) of the suture is based on the location sutured. Fine suture is used for work around the eyes, face and digits. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| suture joint | <surgery> Usually a synthetic based line that is minimally reactive in biological tissue. Commonly used are nylon, Prolene and gut. Absorbable suture will dissolve over time (Vicryl and chromic). The choice in thickness (strength) of the suture is based on the location sutured. Fine suture is used for work around the eyes, face and digits. (27 Sep 1997) |
| suture ligature | A ligature applied by passing a needle with attached thread through or around a structure to more firmly secure the ligature. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suturectomy | Removal of cranial suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sutured | Stitched closed. (27 Sep 1997) |
| sutures | Materials used in closing a surgical or traumatic wound. (12 Dec 1998) |
| absorbable surgical suture | A surgical suture material prepared from a substance that can be digested by body tissues and is therefore not permanent; it is available in various diameters and tensile strengths, and can be treated to modify its resistance to absorption and be impregnated with antimicrobial agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Albert's suture | A modified Czerny suture, the first row of stitches passing through the entire thickness of the wall of the gut. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apposition suture | A suture of the skin only. Synonym: coaptation suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| approximation suture | A suture that pulls together the deep tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atraumatic suture | A suture swaged onto the end of an eyeless needle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blanket suture | A continuous lock-stitch used to approximate the skin of a wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bridle suture | A suture passed through the superior rectus muscle to rotate the globe downward in eye surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bunnell's suture | A method of tenorrhaphy using a pull-out wire affixed to buttons. (05 Mar 2000) |
| buried suture | Any suture placed entirely below the surface of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| button suture | A suture in which the threads are passed through the holes of a button and then tied; used to reduce the danger of the threads cutting through the flesh. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatoethmoidal suture | Line of junction of the orbital process of the palatine bone and the orbital plate of the ethmoid. Synonym: sutura palatoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatomaxillary suture | Line of union, in the floor of the orbit, between the orbital process of the palatine bone and the orbital surface of the maxilla. Synonym: sutura palatomaxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pancoast's suture | In plastic surgery, union of two edges by a tongue-and-groove arrangement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gely's suture | A cobbler's suture used in closing intestinal wounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pare's suture | The approximation of the edges of a wound by pasting strips of cloth to the surface and stitching them instead of the skin. (05 Mar 2000) |