The Corner Stitch - Closing the Gap
More formally known as the half-buried horizontal mattress suture, the corner stitch is an invaluable technique for closure of stellate lacerations. It is most suitable for "Y" shaped lacerations with a flap edge, but variations can also be employed for …
A modified corner-stitch for V-laceration repair - OAText
The corner-stitch is a common suturing technique that represents a modified, ‘half-buried’ version of the horizontal mattress [4,5]. This technique is attributed to Sir Harold Delf Gillies (1882-1960) and was first described in the closure of a triangular when fashioning a tube pedicle [6,7].
V-to-Y Conversion Flaps - Closing the Gap
Exit in the center of the wound bed, drive the suture in a half-buried fashion through the vertex of the flap edge (here shown in dotted purple), then exit at the site of the second green arrow. A corner stitch, using the previously marked points on the base and the flap edge, is placed.
Corner stitch - Wikipedia
The corner stitch is a variation of the horizontal mattress stitch, and is sometimes called the "half-buried horizontal mattress stitch". [4] The needle enters the skin on one side of the obtuse angle of the wound, passes through the deep dermis of the corner flap, and is re-inserted through the dermis of the other side of the obtuse wound angle.
The Mattress Sutures: Vertical, Horizontal, and Corner Stitch
Dec 15, 2002 · Vertical and horizontal mattress sutures allow for skin edges to be closed under tension when wound edges have to be brought together over a distance. The corner stitch, a variation of the...
Skin laceration repair with sutures - UpToDate
Mar 6, 2024 · Triangular wound with a flap — The half-buried horizontal mattress suture combines elements of a horizontal mattress suture with a dermal closure. It can be used to approximate the corner of a flap :
Trick of the Trade: V-to-Y flap laceration repair for tension ... - ALiEM
Aug 16, 2014 · Laceration repair using V-to-Y flap technique. Consider reducing the wound tension by converting the V-flap in to a Y-shaped flap using a carefully placed half-buried horizontal mattress suture (also known as a corner suture).
Horizontal Mattress Stitch - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
This half-buried horizontal mattress stitch is often used as a ‘tip stitch’ to secure the triangular tips of flaps or M-plasty incisions. The buried portion of the tip stitch is thus placed through the dermis of the pointed flap tip, and the transepidermal sutures are placed on the V-shaped contralateral wound edge ( Fig. 16.9 ).
The three-point buried corner stitch: A method to prevent …
Aug 2, 2021 · When placing random flaps such as transpositional or advancement flaps, corner fixation of the flap tips is performed using three-point corner stitches (ie, Gillies corner stitches); these are half-buried, horizontal mattress sutures. 1,2 However, often, the tips are deeper than the surrounding tissue.
Horizontal Mattress Suture | Learn to Suture – Suture Mentor
Mar 10, 2023 · I will provide a step-by-step process for placing the horizontal mattress stitch. I will also introduce the half-buried horizontal mattress and the three-point stitch, which are used for closing the tips of flaps.