{"id":65,"date":"2015-12-03T23:58:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:34:35","slug":"lesson-2-wound-closure-and-suturing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=65","title":{"rendered":"LESSON 2 Wound Closure and Suturing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=67\">2-1. INTRODUCTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=69\">2-2. REVIEW OF THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE INTEGUMENTARYSYSTEM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=72\">2-3. LACERATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=74\">2-4. WOUND HEALING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=76\">2-5. MATERIALS NEEDED FOR WOUND CLOSURE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=78\">2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: A. Categories of Wound Closure.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=80\">2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: B. Wound Debridement and Excision.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=86\">2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: C. Technique for the Simple Skin Suture.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=95\">2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: D. Single Layer Closure<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=97\">2-7. ADVANCED SUTURING TECHNIQUES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=120\">2-8. SUTURE REMOVAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=124\">2-9. CLOSING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=126\">Lesson 2: Self-Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LESSON OBJECTIVES After completing this lesson, you should be able to:<\/p>\n<p>2-1. Identify specific types of lacerations.<\/p>\n<p>2-2. Identify the phases of normal wound healing.<\/p>\n<p>2-3. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of\u00a0the following suture materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nonabsorbable sutures.<\/li>\n<li>Metal sutures.<\/li>\n<li>Absorbable sutures.<\/li>\n<li>Skin tapes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2-4. Identify the characteristics of the three types of\u00a0wound closure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Closure by primary intent.<\/li>\n<li>Closure by secondary intent.<\/li>\n<li>Closure by tertiary intent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2-5. Identify the steps in the procedure of wound\u00a0debridement.<\/p>\n<p>2-6. Identify the steps in the procedure of simple skin\u00a0suturing.<\/p>\n<p>2-7. Identify the following advanced suturing\u00a0techniques with the advantages and\u00a0disadvantages of each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running suture.<\/li>\n<li>Vertical mattress suture.<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal mattress suture.<\/li>\n<li>Subcuticular suture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2-8. Identify the general considerations and steps in\u00a0the procedure of suture removal.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SUGGESTION After completing the assignment, complete the\u00a0exercises of this lesson. These exercises will help you\u00a0to achieve the lesson objectives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2-1. INTRODUCTION 2-2. REVIEW OF THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE INTEGUMENTARYSYSTEM 2-3. LACERATIONS 2-4. WOUND HEALING 2-5. MATERIALS NEEDED FOR WOUND CLOSURE 2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: A. Categories of Wound Closure. 2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: B. Wound Debridement and Excision. 2-6. BASIC LACERATION REPAIR: C. Technique for the Simple Skin Suture. 2-6. BASIC LACERATION &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/?page_id=65\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LESSON 2 Wound Closure and Suturing.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/303"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/surgery\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}