suture

• The bronze man was ready to suture--sew up--the incision close to the boy's brain. —  074 - The World's Fair Goblin
• As a matter of fact, I also tapped him on the parietal, well back of the coronal suture, which is a substantial area of the skull. —  173 - Once Over Lightly
• A single 7-0 nylon or polypropylene suture is then meticulously placed to oppose the wound edges. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
• The highest suture should be passed through first one side, then the base of the wedge, and then the other side; the second one through both, and the apex of the wedge; and a third should unite the prolabium, not including the wedge Illustration: FIG. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The flaps do not slough, being well supplied with blood, unless they have been injured in their separation The edges must be carefully united by various points of metallic suture, and the fissure of the soft palate closed at the same sitting, unless the patient has lost much blood, or is very much exhausted with the pain. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners

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