*This is the Official Suturing Techniques Textbook created by Medical Creations.
The perfect complement to your Medical Creations Suture Practice kit!
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This medical book has been created by compiling the most important suturing techniques you need to know along with detailed, step-by-step illustrations that will teach how to suture like a surgeon. You will even find questions after each chapter so that you can test your knowledge!
This surgical suturing manual gives you an insight into the basics of the suturing process. The first part of the manual will cover the armamentarium required, indications, and basic principles of suturing techniques. In the second part we will discuss knot tying, different kinds of sutures, and their applications. The last section will cover wound care before and after the suturing process.
If you bought our Medical Creations Suture Practice Kit, this textbook will serve as a perfect complement. It is much more in-depth, and covers more techniques than the free ebook that comes with the suture kit.
This book focuses on the readability apsect, which allows for an easy training guide and review. It is divided into chapters, and since the addition of multiple choice questions, the reader now has the possibility to practice and test what they have learned from previous chapters. The answers to these questions can be found at the very end of the book.
Thanks to this book you will:
..Learn the different surgical techniques and knots used in the departments of surgery, emergency medicine, family medicine
..Learn and understand the basic fundamentals
..Be able to test your knowledge with multiple choice questions
Author(s): Meloni M.D., S.; Mastenbjörk M.D., M.
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 112
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Armamentarium
Suture Needles
Suture Material
Hand Instruments
CHAPTER 2: Purpose and Basic Principles of Suturing
CHAPTER 3: Surgical Knots
Anatomy of the Knot
Properties of an Ideal Knot
Principles of Knot Tying
Types of Knots
Square Knot
Surgeon’s Knot
Granny Knot
Slip Knot
Reef Knot
Miller’s Knot
Aberdeen Knot
Half Blood Knot
Forwarder Knot
Delimar Knot
Constrictor Knot
CHAPTER 4: Techniques of Suturing – Basic Sutures and Modifications
Simple Interrupted Suture
Simple Running Suture
Vertical Mattress Suture
Horizontal Mattress Suture
Figure-of-8 Suture
Interrupted Cruciate Suture/Cruciate Mattress Suture
CHAPTER 5: Techniques of Suturing – Advanced Sutures
Hybrid Sutures
Dermal Sutures/Subcuticular Sutures
Purse-String Suture
Winch Suture
Cross Suture
Lembert Suture
Lattice Suture
Combined Vertical Mattress Dermal Suture
Kessler’s Locking Loop
Cushing Suture
The Running Pleated Suture
Frost Suture
The Bolster Suture