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A Novel Tenorrhaphy Suture Technique with Tissue Engineered Collagen Graft to Repair Large Tendon Defects
Published on: December 10, 2021
New suture techniques for best esthetic skin healing
Otoni Moreira Gomes1, André Silva Campos do Amaral, Ariel José Villar Gonçalves
1Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. gomes@servcor.com
Purpose:
To report two new suture techniques for best esthetic skin healing.
Methods:
Using the pig skin slices routinely employed for surgical technique training two new types of skin sutures were performed. One defined as inverted or hidden X point suture and other as totally hidden intradermal running suture. The first were performed using 4-0 polypropilene stitch and the intradermal with 4-0 poliglicolic stitch.
Results:
It was confirmed good skin layers union and contention with best esthetic result than observed with the traditional X and intradermal suture techniques.
Conclusion:
Macroscopic examination of the hidden X point and totally hidden intra-dermal sutures and centrifuge skin traction confirmed good skin layers union and contention with best esthetic result than observed with the traditional X and intradermal sutures techniques.
