General Surgery

Knots – burying the knot

Techniques are similar for burying the knot in skin and in lumen closures. For skin – deep to superficial, superficial to deep. For lumen closure – near to far, far to near.

Burying the knot – skin version

University of Saskatchewan Lab – step by step

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Burying the knot – lumen closure (inverting patterns)

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