Suturing Techniques: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

suturing techniques, suture placement, knot tying, simple interrupted sutures, simple running sutures, running locked sutures, vertical mattress sutures, half-buried vertical mattress sutures, pulley sutures, far-near near-far modified vertical mattress sutures, horizontal mattress sutures, half-buried horizontal sutures, tip stitches, absorbable buried sutures, dermal-subdermal sutures, buried horizontal mattress sutures, running horizontal mattress sutures, running subcuticular sutures, running subcutaneous sutures, suture removal

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Julian MacKay-Wiggan, MD, MS, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University
Julian MacKay-Wiggan, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Investigative Dermatology
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Coauthor(s)

Désirée Ratner, MD, Director of Dermatologic Surgery, Professor of Clinical Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital
Désirée Ratner, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology, American Medical Association, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and Phi Beta Kappa
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Medical Editor

Shobana Sood, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Shobana Sood, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
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Pharmacy Editor

Michael J Wells, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Michael J Wells, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, and Texas Medical Association
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Managing Editor

Mary Farley, MD, Dermatologic Surgeon/Mohs Surgeon, Anne Arundel Surgery Center
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CME Editor

Glen H Crawford, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Chief, Division of Dermatology, The Pennsylvania Hospital
Glen H Crawford, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, American Medical Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society of USAF Flight Surgeons
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Chief Editor

Dirk M Elston, MD, Director, Department of Dermatology, Geisinger Medical Center
Dirk M Elston, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology
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