Double-Loop Dermal Suture: A Technique for High-Tension Wound Closure

Michael S Pollhammer¹, Dominik Duscher¹, Manfred Schmidt¹+4

• ¹Drs Pollhammer and Duscher are Residents, and Drs Schmidt and Huemer are Plastic Surgeons, Section of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, General Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria; and Instructors at maz-Microsurgical Training and Research Center, Linz, Austria. Mr Aitzetmüller is a Medical Student, Section of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery, General Hospital Linz, Linz, Austria. Dr Tschandl is a Resident, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Dr. Froschauer is an Instructor, maz-Microsurgical Training and Research Center, Linz, Austria.