ModiWcation of Laurence’s stitch for skin closure
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : D. D. McCaVrey · W. D. Kealey · D. E. Beverland
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Laurence’s stitch has previously been described for surgical wound closure. The technique describes a continuous horizontal mattress using an absorbable suture material, with the knot buried at each end of the wound. We have modiWed this stitch by leaving the knot outside the skin and beyond the ends of the wound. We feel that this improves Laurence’s stitch by avoiding any possibility of a surgical knot abscess and allowing a slightly faster wound closure but still providing the beneWts associated with a continuous horizontal mattress
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol (2011) 21:305–306 DOI 10.1007/s00590-010-0699-0 Received: 27 May 2010 / Accepted: 11 September 2010 / Published online: 1 October 2010
