Half-buried vertical mattress suture

1. Suture Techniques and Videos Suturing is a kind of skin stitching which is done to accelerate wound healing. It is done by using a sterilized needle and thread. Suturing techniques are useful in stitching up deep wounds that thwart off the risk of infection creeping in. There are different types of suture materials and needles. The choice of needles and sutures are determined by lesion location, skin thickness, etc. However, the basic suture practice, including needle driving, needle holding as well as knot placement remains same. The half-buried vertical mattress suture can be defined as slightly modified version of the vertical mattress suture which discards two entry points from 4, and so leads to diminished scarring. Its positioning is like that of the vertical mattress suture barring that in it the needle penetrates skin to dermis’s deep part on the wound’s one side and then it takes a deep bite in opposite side in the dermis without exiting the skin. Then it crosses back to the first side and then exits the skin. So, eventually the Entry and exit points are placed on the wound’s one side in this suture style. Read more about: - Vertical Mattress Suture