title: A technique for subcutaneous knot inversion following running subcuticular closures.
abstract: Standard methods of running subcuticular closures frequently leave the completion knot close to the epidermis, resulting in stitch abcesses and suture extrusion. A simple technique for the subcutaneous placement of completion knots following subcuticular sutures, resulting in fewer stitch abcesses, is described.
authors.affiliation: Cora and Webb Mading Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Du Bois
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin; D013536:Suture Techniques