Excellent surgeons begin with excellent basic techniques. In this app, you'll learn the basics of suture techniques. You'll find the review of simple suture, mattress suture, running suture and some of the variations and proper surgical technique. It's the goal of this app that by teaching you proper technique, you'll be the best surgical resident or surgeon that you can be. Download this app now to learn the best basic suture techniques from board-certified and world-renowned plastic surgeons. The Following Best Suture Techniques and Training Videos are Available in the App: 1. Instrument Tie (this can be used with any of the suture techniques) 2. Simple Interrupted Suture (this is the most common suture that you'll be using in wound closure.) 3. Simple Buried Suture (this will be the main suture you'll use when putting some deeper sutures in before putting your skin suture in) 4. Vertical Mattress Suture (this is a very useful suture especially when wounds are hard to close if they're under a lot of tension or maybe there's a lot of swelling or anticipate swelling. Some will call this the far far near near stitch) 5. Horizontal Mattress Suture (variant 1: Figure of 8, variant 2: Half Buried Suture, used a lot in plastic surgery) 6. Simple Running Suture (the most common suture you'll use to close incisions) 7. Simple Running Locking Suture (this is a variation of the Simple Running Suture. This is a very helpful suture when you're sewing under some tension or you don't have an assistant who can help hold the suture for you and follow you) 8. Subcuticular Running Suture (this is probably the hardest suture to master. This is probably for the most cosmetic closure as they're running within the dermis deeply so there's no sutures on the outside at all, so you won't see any railroad tracking that you would see from any other outside sutures. We start by burying the knot so we can suture over it and this is important because we don't want knots coming up to the skin, they can stick out it is called spitting. Patients do not like it when the knots spit.) The following are also available in the app: Open vascular surgery skills Surgery Mnemonics Clinical examination Mnemonics Emergency Medicine Mnemonics Important Notice: The information in this app is provided for general surgical suturing education purposes only. This app is not meant to substitute for formal surgical suturing training. It is not intended for use by non-medical personnel. Remember to check with a doctor in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions or actions. In no event will the authors or editors or the developer of this app be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this application.
