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Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Surgical Fixation Devices > Sutures

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Sutures  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Staple, Surgical

Note

  • /adv eff permitted but do not confuse adv eff of the suture with the adv eff of the material of which suture is made or the adv eff of the suture method

Scope note

  • Materials used in closing a surgical or traumatic wound. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

In other languages

  • ompeleet

    Finnish

  • ommel
  • sutura
  • tikit
  • tikki
  • Stygn

    Swedish

  • Agraff
  • Kirurgiska häftklammar
  • Suturer

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013537

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