What is suture???
      What is suture???
  •Suture: as a verb is the act of sewing 
   Suture: as a verb is the act of sewing 
   by bringing tissue together 
   by bringing tissue together 
  •Suture as a noun is a material used 
   Suture as a noun is a material used 
   to bring tissue together
   to bring tissue together
  The Ideal Suture Material
  The Ideal Suture Material
   •Can be used in any 
    Can be used in any 
    tissue
    tissue
   •Easy to handle
    Easy to handle
   •Good knot security
    Good knot security
   •Minimal tissue reaction
    Minimal tissue reaction
  The Ideal Suture Material
   The Ideal Suture Material
  •Unfriendly to bacteria
    Unfriendly to bacteria
  •Strong yet small
    Strong yet small
  •Won’t tear through tissues
    Won’t tear through tissues
  •Cheap
    Cheap
  What’s It Used for?
   What’s It Used for?
  •To bring tissue edges together and speed 
    To bring tissue edges together and speed 
    wound healing (=tissue apposition)
    wound healing (=tissue apposition)
  •Orthopedic surgery to help stabilize 
    Orthopedic surgery to help stabilize 
    joints
    joints
    – Repair ligaments
     Repair ligaments
  •Ligate vessels or tissues
    Ligate vessels or tissues
  Characteristic of surgical 
  Characteristic of surgical 
            needle
            needle
  •It is rigid enough to prevent excessive 
   It is rigid enough to prevent excessive 
   bending 
   bending 
  •Not flexible to prevent breaking after bending
   Not flexible to prevent breaking after bending
  •It strong enough so it dose not break easily 
   It strong enough so it dose not break easily 
  •It is sharp enough to penetrate tissue
   It is sharp enough to penetrate tissue
  •It is approximately the same diameter as the suture 
   It is approximately the same diameter as the suture 
   material ; it carries  to minimize  truma in passage 
   material ; it carries  to minimize  truma in passage 
   though tissue
   though tissue
  •It is free of corrosion and rust to prevent infection 
   It is free of corrosion and rust to prevent infection 
   and tissue truama
   and tissue truama