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Retention suture technique using buttons. 1975

M Goldbach, and D J Currie

The use of buttons for retention sutures is advocated as practical, inexpensive, universally available and well tolerated bolsters over which heavy nonabsorbable sutures may be secured. We have not found any disadvantages to the described techniques in the past 12 years.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013529 Surgical Wound Dehiscence Pathologic process consisting of a partial or complete disruption of the layers of a surgical wound. Dehiscence, Surgical Wound,Wound Dehiscence, Surgical
D013536 Suture Techniques Techniques for securing together the edges of a wound, with loops of thread or similar materials (SUTURES). Suture Technics,Suture Technic,Suture Technique,Technic, Suture,Technics, Suture,Technique, Suture,Techniques, Suture

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