title: Reusable loop stitches for inspection of grafts.
abstract: Reusable loop stitches are a good method of securing the stent in skin grafts. Two suture methods are presented: the free-loop and the loose-loop suture technique. Their main advantage is that they provide a loop of suture that can be repeatedly rethreaded with suture, thereby permitting reexaminations and re-stentings of the graft site without additional anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison 53792.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olansky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures