title: Suture materials for closing the skin and subcutaneous tissues.
abstract: The rationale for our current day use of absorbable and nonabsorbable suture materials is based upon the biology of wound healing and the physiologic response of tissue to implanted sutures. An understanding of the fundamental characteristics of suture materials and surgical needles is necessary if one is to obtain optimal surgical results.
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D013537:Sutures / Q000266:history