General Surgery

Suturing- intradermal/subcuticular pattern

Subcuticular closure

This pattern requires a cutting needle and is typically performed using 3-0 absorbable suture.

demonstration of subcuticular pattern

Another option? Potentially better protective of vascular supply

perpendicular intradermal pattern

From:

Comparison of the effect on blood flow of two intradermal suture patterns in feline skin Veterinary Surgery. 2026;55:356–362.

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