Different types of sutures for closing surgical wounds

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Different types of sutures for closing surgical wounds

Sutures (or more commonly known as stitches) are a very common tool used to repair cuts in surgery. Dr Joseph Shalhoub lists out the different types of sutures and their use cases in surgery.

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