TY - JOUR
T1 - Locking horizontal mattress suture
AU - Hanasono, Matthew M.
AU - Hotchkiss, Robert N.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The horizontal mattress suture is useful in wounds in which there is a need for wound edge compression to provide hemostasis, closure is under moderate tension, or edge eversion is important. Its primary disadvantage is difficult suture removal and precise wound edge apposition. We describe a locking horizontal mattress technique that facilitates suture removal and provides more control over wound edge placement while providing hemostasis, tensile strength, and eversion.
AB - The horizontal mattress suture is useful in wounds in which there is a need for wound edge compression to provide hemostasis, closure is under moderate tension, or edge eversion is important. Its primary disadvantage is difficult suture removal and precise wound edge apposition. We describe a locking horizontal mattress technique that facilitates suture removal and provides more control over wound edge placement while providing hemostasis, tensile strength, and eversion.
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U2 - 10.1097/00042728-200505000-00015
DO - 10.1097/00042728-200505000-00015
M3 - Article
C2 - 15962744
AN - SCOPUS:20844451352
SN - 1076-0512
VL - 31
SP - 572
EP - 573
JO - Dermatologic Surgery
JF - Dermatologic Surgery
IS - 5
ER -