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Results 1 - 10 of 20 for Sutures
  1. Sewing a wound closed - series (image) 
    Grip a suture needle securely using a needle driver instrument. ... the base of the wound. Then pull the suture through the first side of the wound.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100139_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Incision closures (image) 
    An incision may be closed with: 1. Sutures (stitches) on the outside of the body. 2. Surgical staples, which provide added strength to the incision. 3. Sutures on the inside, underneath ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientimages/000268.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Ear surgery - series (image) 
    ... and removes skin to expose the ear cartilage. Sutures are used to fold the cartilage to reshape the ear. Other surgeons choose to forgo sutures in favor of cutting or abrading the cartilage ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100016_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Cleft lip repair - series (image) 
    ... sewn together with several layers of stitches (absorbable sutures). The skin is sewn together with very small, fine stitches (sutures) to make the scar as small as possible. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100010_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Testicular torsion repair - series (image) 
    ... scrotum, the testicle is uncoiled, and an absorbable suture is placed to secure the testis from rotating again. The unaffected testicle is also secured by suture because the problem tends to occur on both ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100187_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Breast reduction (mammoplasty) - Series (image) 
    ... is moved and incisions are closed with stitches (sutures). ... with time. Within two weeks of surgery, stitches (sutures) are removed.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100189_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Breast lift (mastopexy) - series (image) 
    ... is moved and incisions are closed with stitches (sutures). ... with time. Within two weeks of surgery, stitches (sutures) are removed.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100188_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Rotator cuff repair - series (image) 
    ... tiny incisions (arthroscopy), the tendon is repaired with sutures. If the tendon is separated from the bone, small rivets called suture anchors are used to attach the tendon back ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/presentations/100229_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Incision closures (image) 
    An incision may be closed with: 1. Sutures (stitches) on the outside of the body. 2. Surgical staples, which provide added strength to the incision. 3. Sutures on the inside, underneath ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19985.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Large fontanelles (image) 
    ... are not joined together firmly at birth. The sutures gradually accumulate minerals and harden (this process is ... bones together. In an infant, the spaces where sutures intersect but don't completely touch is called ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9335.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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