title: [Suture, cicatrization and scars].
abstract: A suture must comply with precise rules in order to produce an acceptable scar. A distinction must be drawn for "malhealing" between defective and pathological scars. The study of the intimate processes of healing allows understanding genesis and guiding their treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Plastique et Reconstructive, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nicoletis
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Suture, cicatrisation et cicatrices.