The process of uniting the tissues separated by either a traumatic or a surgical wound in a specific manner using an appropriate material.
The closing of a wound, whether from surgery or an accident, with a surgical needle and thread. The type selected for a given procedure depends on the nature and placement of the wound or surgical incision to be closed. Some types of sutures are removed after surgery, while others dissolve after the incision is healed. In a few surgeries, such as an otoplasty, sutures are left in place permanently.
The process of sealing a surgical incision or wound with sutures (stitches) to facilitate healing. Suturing can be done with a solitary continuous stitch beneath the skin (subcuticular) or with separate stitches (interrupted). Certain suturing materials, like catgut, eventually dissolve within the body, while skin sutures made from other substances are typically removed around one to two weeks after insertion, contingent on the body’s location.