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Uterine swab
A slender flattened wire, a plain rod, or one with coarse thread on the distal end for absorbing or wiping away discharges.
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Urethral swab
A slender rod for holding cotton used in examinations with the speculum, in treating ulcers, or removing secretions. The male urethral swab is a rod about 7 in. (17.8 cm) long.
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Wire suture
A suture of varying gauges of metal (usually stainless steel) that may be used in a wide variety of applications, including wound closure, intestinal repair, and the repair of sternotomies.
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Vertical mattress suture
An interrupted suture in which a deep stitch is taken and the needle inserted upon the same side as that from which it emerged, and passed back through both immediate margins of the wound. The suture is then tied to the free end on the side the needle originally entered. This suture is primarily used…
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Twisted suture
A suture in which pins are passed through the opposite lips of a wound and material is wound about the pins, crossing them first at one end and then at the other in a figure-of-eight fashion, thus holding the lips of the wound firmly together.
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Tension suture
A suture used to reduce the pull on the edges of a wound.
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Temporoparietal suture
The suture between the temporal and parietal bones.
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Subcuticular suture
A buried (usually) continuous suture in which the needle is passed horizontally under the epidermis into the cutis vera, emerging at the edge of the wound but beneath the skin, then in a similar manner passed through the cutis vera of the opposite side of the wound, and so on until the other angle of…
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Squamous suture
The junction of the temporal and parietal bones.
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Squamosphenoidal suture
A suture between the squamous portion of the temporal bone and great wing of the sphenoid bone.
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