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OVER-AND-OVER SUTURE [1 record]

Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
CONT

The most common stitch for skin closure, a continuous stitch used to approximate tissue edges by taking equal portions of tissue on each side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
CONT

Le point simple. Il s'adapte à toutes les plaies. On peut retirer les points simples un par un permettant ainsi une désunion partielle de la plaie lorsque cela est nécessaire.

Key term(s)
  • suture simple

Spanish

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