Horizontal Mattress Sutures with Gauze Support for the Closure of Primary Non-closable Skin Defects: A Simple and Inexpensive Technique

INTRODUCTION: The study examined the feasibility of a suturing technique involving the use of horizontal mattress sutures with gauze support, which is based on the distribution of tensile forces over a wider area and the use of mechanical creep and stress relaxation of skin, for primary or staged cl...

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Published in:	Van Tıp Dergisi
Main Authors:	Ömer Cengiz, Ferdi Dırvar, Necdet Demir, Oytun Derya Tunç
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Van Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine 2018-07-01
Subjects:	large skin defect horizontal mattress suture suture support wound dehiscence primary closure suture failure
Online Access:	https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=vtd&un=VTD-53215