But doctors can place purse-string sutures afterward to make nipples or fix. the shape and size of the areola (dark area around the nipple). My sister also has permanent sutures in place for this purpose. She even got the nipples and the new areola tattooed to make them look as close as possible to the natural form.
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Equipment used to place and remove purse-string sutures. Medical school students may be tasked with practicing suture techniques, including purse-string stitches. Minor defects in the heart can sometimes be repaired with a purse-string suture.
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The luxation is reduced by digital manipulation.l.2.6.0.10 A skin incision is made starting one to two inches proximally to the greater tro­chanter and continued distally directly over the long axis of the femur to a point two to three inches below the greater tro­chanter. The skin is separated from sub-Figure 2.
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volved placing a purse-string ,suture in a pattern around the trochanter major of the femur. This technique was further ex­pounded upon by Dr. D. S. MacDonald in the September 1964 issue of the Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine. 1o The technique to be described here is a modification of the above reports.
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The analogy to a purse is simple to understand when people think of a drawstring purse than can be pulled together with a single string threaded through the top of the purse. Ad. There are many times when purse-string suture is preferred in a surgery.
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Figure 3. Placement of the purse.string' suture. a) The point of original insertion, b) the point of emergence of the first bite and entrance of the sec· ond. The needle is in position for the third bite and the index finger is palpating the greater tro· chanter. parallel to its long axis.
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The only procedures I know of where the purse-string surgical suture is used often are breast surgeries. My sister, who is a breast cancer survivor, had the procedure to create nipples from the excess skin there.
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MacDonald, D. S., Retention of Coxofemoral Lux­ations using a purse-string suture, Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine'. 28: p. 221-222.
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In some instances, a certain type of stitch called a purse-string suture is indicated. The basic technique for performing a purse-string suture is to stitch in a circle around a wound or open part of the body that needs closure.
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Place your patient in a semi-Fowler's position, with a disposable pad underneath him on the affected side. The pad will protect the bed linen from drainage and fluid at the tip of the chest tube and provide a place to set the tube immediately after removal.
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how to do purse string suture
To do a purse string suture, stitch in a circle around a wound or open part of the body that needs closure.