title: Subcuticular skin closure--description of technique.
abstract: A technique of subcuticular wound closure is described in which both ends of a running suture are buried in the wound. Thus, there are no suture ends left on the skin. This method is only applicable to absorbable sutures.
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures