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suture

Any thread or wire used in surgery to stitch together the edges of a wound or incision; also, the stitch itself.



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The circumferential suture provided around 35% extra strength to the core suture in transversely lacerated tendons, whereas in obliquely lacerated tendons it provided only around 11% extra strength to the core suture (Fig.
Tensile strength of modified 4-strand cruciate technique for ... by M H Yuen and W Y Ip / Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
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