What is a Suture?
The term “suture” is used to refer both to a specific technique for closing a wound, in which the sides of the wound are stitched together, and to the individual stitches involved in the wound closure. More generally, a suture is any type of join, which is why people refer to “sutures” in the skull where the plates of the skull fuse together. Sutures are used in a wide variety of types of medical treatment, ranging from surgery to emergency medicine, and they are typically introduced at an early stage in medical education. When a wound is sutured, the goal is to close it to promote healing. By closing the wound, the doctor can keep the inside of the wound cleaner, and encourage the edges of the wound to fuse back together during the healing and recovery process. In a case where a wound might need to drain fluids, a drain will be implanted during the suturing stage to allow pus and other materials to flow out of the wound. Threads used in suturing are highly specialized. They cannot wic
