Secure and Convenient Three-point and Multi-point Suture Technique.

Choi, Nak Jin; Kim, Jun Pyo; Park, Yong Joon; Hong, Sung Hee

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2004;31(2):261-265.
Published online March 1, 2004.

Secure and Convenient Three-point and Multi-point Suture Technique.

Nak Jin Choi, Jun Pyo Kim, Yong Joon Park, Sung Hee Hong

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. terisin@hanmail.net

Abstract

Skin closure is the surgeon's final operation technique. Although there have been many descriptions about the different kinds of sutures, the report on a 'three-point suture' were quite limited to the horizontal half buried suture technique up till now. The three-point suture can be met frequently in cases like irregular laceration, V-Y advancement flap, and reduction mammaplasty. Authors came up with and thereby introduce a more secure and convenient three-point suture technique, which proved to be superior to the horizontal half buried suture technique in that it gives a better skin approximation and eversion. It can also be applied to a multi- point suture such as a four-point suture or a five-point suture and a three-point mattress suture.

Keywords: Three-point suture; Multi-point suture; Three-point mattress suture