. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Button suture. (Smith.) Modified plate suture, using gauze ) closing wounds in the mucous cavities, such as the vagina,rectum, and mouth, where the knot or twist of the wiremight cause irritation of the surface or pain to the patient;it is also a useful method of securing sutures in plasticoperations; it also facilitates the removal of the sutures, asthe shot is not apt to be obscured by the swollen tissue,and is easily seized by forceps when the loop is divided. Removal of Sutures.—Where sutures are buried inthe tissues or use
. Minor and operative surgery, including bandaging . Button suture. (Smith.) Modified plate suture, using gauze ) closing wounds in the mucous cavities, such as the vagina,rectum, and mouth, where the knot or twist of the wiremight cause irritation of the surface or pain to the patient;it is also a useful method of securing sutures in plasticoperations; it also facilitates the removal of the sutures, asthe shot is not apt to be obscured by the swollen tissue,and is easily seized by forceps when the loop is divided. Removal of Sutures.—Where sutures are buried inthe tissues or used to approximate parts in cavities whichare subsequently closed, such materials should be used forsutures as will be absorbed in a few days, or will becomeencysted, and remain harmless in the tissues—such as cat- SUTURES. 231 gut, silkworm-gut, or silk—and it is needless to state thatsutures used with this end in view should be rendered per-fectly aseptic before being employed. Catgut sutures, when well prepared and used for suturesin externa
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