Suture like a Surgeon: A Doctor’s Guide to Surgical Knots and Suturing Techniques used in the Departments of Surgery, Emergency Medicine, and Family Medicine

\*This is the Official Suturing Techniques Textbook created by Medical Creations. The perfect complement to your Medical Creations Suture Practice kit! Are you looking for the best suturing book on Amazon?\* Look no further! This medical book has been created by compiling the most important suturing techniques you need to know along with detailed, step-by-step illustrations that will teach how to suture like a surgeon. You will even find questions after each chapter so that you can test your knowledge! This surgical suturing manual gives you an insight into the basics of the suturing process. The first part of the manual will cover the armamentarium required, indications, and basic principles of suturing techniques. In the second part we will discuss knot tying, different kinds of sutures, and their applications. The last section will cover wound care before and after the suturing process. If you bought our Medical Creations Suture Practice Kit, this textbook will serve as a perfect complement. It is much more in-depth, and covers more techniques than the free ebook that comes with the suture kit. This book focuses on the readability apsect, which allows for an easy training guide and review. It is divided into chapters, and since the addition of multiple choice questions, the reader now has the possibility to practice and test what they have learned from previous chapters. The answers to these questions can be found at the very end of the book. Thanks to this book you will: ..Learn the different surgical techniques and knots used in the departments of surgery, emergency medicine, family medicine ..Learn and understand the basic fundamentals ..Be able to test your knowledge with multiple choice questions INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: Armamentarium Suture Needles Suture Material Hand Instruments CHAPTER 2: Purpose and Basic Principles of Suturing CHAPTER 3: Surgical Knots Anatomy of the Knot Properties of an Ideal Knot Principles of Knot Tying Types of Knots Square Knot Surgeon’s Knot Granny Knot Slip Knot Reef Knot Miller’s Knot Aberdeen Knot Half Blood Knot Forwarder Knot Delimar Knot Constrictor Knot CHAPTER 4: Techniques of Suturing – Basic Sutures and Modifications Simple Interrupted Suture Simple Running Suture Vertical Mattress Suture Horizontal Mattress Suture Figure-of-8 Suture Interrupted Cruciate Suture/Cruciate Mattress Suture CHAPTER 5: Techniques of Suturing – Advanced Sutures Hybrid Sutures Dermal Sutures/Subcuticular Sutures Purse-String Suture Winch Suture Cross Suture Lembert Suture Lattice Suture Combined Vertical Mattress Dermal Suture Kessler’s Locking Loop Cushing Suture The Running Pleated Suture Frost Suture The Bolster Suture