title: A suture-tightening technic for delayed wound closure.
abstract: A method is described that allows the tightening of standard suture materials for skin approximation of open wounds. The need for wire sutures in such circumstances is therefore unnecessary. The technic has been applied in delayed primary or secondary wound closure, and in the tightening of loosened ties or retention sutures.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery; D013537:Sutures; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*