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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 upper free border of the strip is now sutured to the internal oblique or conjoined muscle lying close to it with 1/0 monofilament polyamide or polypropylene interrupted sutures throughout its length (Figure 2).
A comparison of simple continuous versus simple interrupted suture patterns for tracheal anastomosis after large-segment tracheal resection in dogs.
The flap was trimmed to fit the contour of the defect and anchored by interrupted sutures (figure, C).
 
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