Annals of surgery . Fig. 4.—Suture of complete transverse woutul ; A, mattress Fig. 5.—Suture of complete transverse wound, finished. SUTURE OF ARTERIES. 4II is dropped back in place and the deep fascia sutured around theline of approximation. The method of suturing an oblique cut is practically thesame as the longitudinal. The Method of Suturing a Transzersc Incision Half WayThrough the Artery.— (Fig. 3.) The clamps are applied above and below the cut edges. The suture is started from the lateral end of the cut and passed through theouter two coats and tied; the end of


Annals of surgery . Fig. 4.—Suture of complete transverse woutul ; A, mattress Fig. 5.—Suture of complete transverse wound, finished. SUTURE OF ARTERIES. 4II is dropped back in place and the deep fascia sutured around theline of approximation. The method of suturing an oblique cut is practically thesame as the longitudinal. The Method of Suturing a Transzersc Incision Half WayThrough the Artery.— (Fig. 3.) The clamps are applied above and below the cut edges. The suture is started from the lateral end of the cut and passed through theouter two coats and tied; the end of the suture is grasped witha hsemostat. The suture is continued as a continuous-mattresssuture, dropping back one-half a suture every third stitch untilthe opposite end of the cut is reached, then the suture is passedthrough the outer two coats and a half-stitch made to tie thesuture; the same suture is continued back over the line ofsuture as an over-hand whip-stitch outside the mattress sutureuntil the starting-point is reached, when the two ends are mattress suture sh


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