suture material
1suture — [so͞o′chər] n. [L sutura < sutus, pp. of suere, to SEW] 1. a) the act of joining together by or as by sewing b) the line along which such a joining is made 2. Anat. the joining together, or the irregular line of junction, of certain vertebrate …
2Suture — The word suture has several uses in medicine, including: {{}}Cranial suture A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly together by fibrous tissue. A surgical suture Thread like material used to sew tissue… …
3suture — 1) n. (in anatomy) a type of immovable joint, found particularly in the skull, that is characterized by a minimal amount of connective tissue between the two bones. The cranial sutures include the coronal suture, between the frontal and parietal… …
4suture — su·ture || suËtʃə(r) n. surgical joining of two edges of a wound or incision; stitch used to close a wound; material used to surgically close a wound; junction of two bones in an immovable joint (Anatomy) v. close a wound or incision using… …
5Surgical suture — For other uses, see Suture (disambiguation). Surgical suture on needle holder. Packaging shown above. Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. It generally consists of a needle with an… …
6Barbed suture — Surgical sutures are one of the most commonly used devices for wound closure and tissue approximation. In the US, approximately 50 million open surgical procedures a year are performed requiring the use of sutures. Although effective at wound… …
7button suture — a suture in which the suture material is passed through a buttonlike disk to prevent it from cutting the skin …
8interrupted suture — in·ter·rupt·ed suture .int ə rəp təd n a suture in which each stitch is separately tied * * * a noncontinuous suture; one in which each stitch is made with a separate piece of material …
9nonabsorbable suture — a suture that uses material that is not absorbed in the body, such as silk, cotton, stainless steel, or nylon or some other synthetic material …
10double-armed suture — a suture made with material threaded through a needle at each end. Called also cobbler s suture …
