Talk:Surgical suture

message: Can internal staples cause problems later on, such as causing mysterous pains in the area of the staples? - Unsigned comment.
:No.  Surgical clips are small and made of an inert material (usually titanium or stainless steel). Dlodge 01:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As a woman who underwent a double (bilateral) mesticomy, five years ago, I will tell you this. Yes, The internal staples do cause a degree of discomfort. I think mostly based on staple size, position, and purpose. My staples (and no they are NOT clips) show up on x-ray. When I shift or move, they tend to 'poke' me the poking is always in the same place. It has been this way since the surgury. I have not found any information on this in Wikipedia or MedMd or other sites, and wish some one would look into it. The pain is such that it tires me. On a scale of 1 - 10 it is consistantly a 5/6. It took me a bit to find out what the cause was - and mentioned the x-ray. The surgeon told me = yes, they are metal staples holding muscle to muscle and bone (ribcage). I would still undergo the procedure with out hesitation. I only wished I could have know what my condition would be later on. Thanks j (21:54, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I also say yes, surgical staples cause great pain. I have an inch or two of tiny staples inside me used to section off and remove my appendix 2.5 years ago. I have been in terrible pain ever since. I feel the staples inside of me, the way you feel an eyelash in your eye or a stone in your shoe. It is extremely painful. I hope one day medical professionals acknowledge the pain metal surgical staples cause and stop using them.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CDE5:C0A0:245E:6384:3DB8:DA5F (talk) 15:23, 8 April 2014 (UTC)

text:  I have had two internal surgeries and from my experience; Yes they do cause pain of varying degrees.  I don't claim to know the cause of it ( whether its because of the material or weather they actually "poke" organs with the points).  However I am more incl9ined towards the poking aspect of it because it tends to happen more intensely if you move around.  I am also not sure why the medical profession tends to put forward the statement that we do not feel pain internally as there are no nerve endings there, which simply can be disproved by punching someone in the kidney! ( not recommended ) or asking someone who's undergone a procedure under local anesthetic. yes its a different kind of pain but we do feel pain internally. The second time around I asked the surgeon if we could go with surgical sutures , but the modern surgical techniques have evolved around staples and for most surgeries, surgeons are not able to do without staples. This is especially true for laparoscopic and robotic surgical procedures which wouldn't exist at all if it weren't for staples. Modern surgical staples may be made of metals or even plastic! they also occasional tend to come apart from their placement and wander around. Philosopher kat (talk) 12:13, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Surgical staples

message: Does anybody know where chromic gut sutures come from, and what kind of suture they are?  They use some in my lab, and I do not know what it is.
Chromic gut suture-make from the goat or cow;s intestine.
These sutures are absorb within 7-14 days, it had the fast absortion rate compare to synthetic which will absorb within 42-56 depending on the range of product. As different range of product the absorbtion rate varies.
Normally gut sutures are being use for epsiotomy (vaginal delivery in old days)/skin but due to infection rate most of the surgeon had convert to synthetic sutures instead.
Although we have access to the more modern synthetic sutures, in veterinary work many surgeons prefer to use gut, as the extra scarring it produces causes a much stronger union, wherever adhesions and complications of scarring are unimportant, e.g. bovine caesarian section. Dlh-stablelights 21:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chromic Gut Suture 

message: This quote:  (To give an idea about these numbers, a #4 suture would be more or less the diameter of a tennis racquet string.) ... does not give an indication of the size.  Does size go up with number, or down?  The rest of the paragraph makes it clear, but this sentence is pointless.  If you agree pls remove. 67.183.154.41 03:51, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  size? 

message: Do we really need such a graphic picture up top and so big? zafiroblue05 | Talk 06:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Its not that graphic, is it?  Plus, it illustrates the point magnificently. Limbs are fairly neutral as far as i am concerned in terms of squeemishness. At least it isn't internal organs, or worse, face or genitals. That would be far less acceptable - mastodon 20:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally I find the image of the arm (the third image in the article) simply unhelpful, the detail isn't on the suture, so it doesn't help me learn anything. I'd personally suggest removing it from the article.  The other two images are helpful. Sherurcij (Speaker for the Dead)  00:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The images serve their purposes; squimishness is overcome esily by the mind - relax. We should also include images of suture removal, of wound appearence days/weeks/&months after surgery and of the sutures themselves along with the needles.DocEss 17:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm quite willing to provide some images of my recent incision, which was closed a few days ago with a series of 16 surgical staples; the effect is very similar to a zipper. And as someone who can be very squeamish concerning wounds and blood, I can attest that the image would not be "graphic". However, I would expect that this article then covered the use of staples in more detail. At the moment I write this, I've found little to no information in Wikipedia about surgical staples at all; I suspect I'd be better served if I wanted to know which movies featured red staplers, if I may be snarky. -- llywrch 08:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Build it and he will come..." I started the page at surgical staple. Dlodge 20:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: How is this word pronounced? Is it like nature (ie. soo-chore), or is it more like ss-you-ter? someone get some IPA in here. Especially so for such an unusual word - mastodon 20:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In American, it's soo-chur (a typical slurred and gutural grunt pronuciation). In proper English, it's ssyoo-chyur (a tight-and-rounded-lipped lispy sort of pronunciation). DocEss 17:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: The article says medicians have used cyanoacrylate to suture wounds, so, in an emergency, could I superglue a wound? Cuzandor 03:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you a surgeon? I didn't think so. You "could" but you "should" not. If you need sutures, got to the doctor. FYI - look here Cyanoacrylate DocEss 17:46, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Cyanoacrylate glue is useful in superficial skin wounds; e.g. it is ideal for paper cuts.  Cyanoacrylate is also excellent for patients who are unwilling to stay motionless while the wound is sutured - e.g. children.  There is no need to "freeze" the wound using syringes, and there is no needle and thread to close the wound.  Cyanide is a byproduct of the glue, but in a harmless concentration (keep in mind cyanide is a natural substance - found even in apples).  Glue used in hospitals in FDA certified, but I (as a surgeon) use plain superglue on myself if I have a paper-cut. Dlodge 01:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: A paper cut is not an emergency - go to a doctor in an emergency.  A good rule of thumb is "If there is blood, don't glue." You certainly don't want to pour glue into an open wound.  Dlodge 01:37, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

text:  If you ( or someone else )are wounded and have no expert medical help available, a wound may be closed using superglue after cleaning and disinfecting. I'm sure there is a ton of videos on it. Philosopher kat (talk) 12:21, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Superglue 

message: Template: has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you.   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 22:46, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TfD nomination of Template:{{ucfirst:Linkimage}} 

message: Is there currently a Wiki that describes the function [and radically different denotation] this term takes in film studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory?  SethHowes 23:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there doesn't appear to be such an article on Wikipedia.  Please feel free to be bold and add to this article or create one (or three).  Suggested language: "Non-medical use of the term 'suture'".   — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 17:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use in the Humanities 

message: sir we want distributorship in namakkal
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.134.165.140 (talk) 10:09, 20 April 2007
:Sorry, but if you really want a distributorship for sutures and/or suture-related supplies in Namakkal, this is not the way to request one.  And neither is alienating half the planet.  Also, please avoid using leading spaces in your wikitext.  Thanks!    — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 20:46, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  abt distributor 

message: Looks like we need a disambiguation page for "suture" since there several competing meanings: stitches (this article); anatomy (not just cranial, I found the problem while editing crurotarsal ankle joint), film studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory. That would mean this article needs to be retitled, e.g. "suture (surgical)". For the type I'm interested in, I'd go with the title "suture (skeletal)".Philcha 23:10, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disambiguation page needed

message: I hope my huge edit didn't throw anyone off.  I rearranged the laundry list into a table so it is easier to read at a glance.  Some things didn't match up between sections - edit help would be appreciated.--Digitalgadget 19:11, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suture type comparison chart 

message: How long have stitches been used?  What are the earliest reported cases?  When did they become commonplace?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.196.115.197 (talk) 01:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History?

message: Wikipedia already has 3 external links to Wikisurgery articles, Scalpel,Retractor (medical) and Scissors, adding more  value  than a Wikipedia Featured Article.
Wikisurgery has a group of articles on Sutures of a similar high standard.
Would the editors care to include an external link from Wikisurgery to the Wikipedia Needle article?Michael Harpur Edwards (talk) 09:02, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Request for an external link to articles on [http://www.wikisurgery.com/index.php?title=Sutures_04_Introduction Sutures ]

message: Can we have a redirect from soluble stitches to the section on absorbable sutures? It took me a while to find, as I was searching using lay terms. 86.164.58.119 (talk) 22:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect request 

message: The "Removal" section summarizes information about the removal of sutures fairly well, except for that it lacks citations and relies on quotes. It should also mention or otherwise explain the method for removing sutures, i.e. (I assume) cutting and extracting the stitches. In the meantime, I have found sources for the quotes in this section.
quote one derives from this page: http://www.emedicinehealth.com/removing_stitches/page2_em.htm
quote two derives from this book: "Pediatric Nursing Procedures", multiple authors (on Google Books)
06:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section titled "Removal" could use a rewrite 

message: From reading the article alone it is unclear why (and under what conditions) sutures are needed.  Why not just let the body heal on its own?  This information should be put in the lead paragraph (and expanded upon in the body).  I do not have enough medical expertise to add it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.7.95 (talk) 22:11, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motivation? 

message: This article does not clearly state what a suture is.
It says it is a "surgical device", and "applied with needle and thread".  But there are no pictures of a suture.
I suspect that the needle and thread constitute a suture?  Or the resulting thread applied is a suture?
Someone please edit the article to say explicitly what a suture is.
Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrB2000 (talk • contribs) 05:35, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a suture? 

message: Ex track suture 174.211.38.67 (talk) 20:43, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ex track suture