Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Sutures: The Suspension Suture

1987; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1524-4725.1987.tb00573.x

2374-846X

COL STUART J. SALASCHE, LTC ROBERT JARCHOW, CDR BRUCE D. FELDMAN, CPT MARY JOANNE DEVINE‐RUST, LTC JOHN ADNOT,

Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

The suspension suture is a tension-reducing stitch that anchors the undersurface of a flap or elliptical wound edge to the underlying periosteum. The technique of placing the stitch is described and the indications for and the benefits derived from its use are discussed.