title: [Sutures in skin surgery].
abstract: Dermatologists performing skin surgery mostly use the square knot. Other underused or even forgotten suturing techniques may still be helpful in some instances. We shall emphasize some simple techniques such as the horizontal mattress suture, the "cross stitch", the "corner stitch" (half buried mattress suture), the buried dermal suture, the buried vertical mattress suture, the continuous mattress suture and the running intradermal suture. In given circumstances, all of them may improve suturing and promote healing. Technical aspects, advantages and disadvantages of each type of suture will be briefly described.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatologie, CHU Liège.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jacquemin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Richert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Brassinne
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques
vernacular_title: "Dermato-couture": points de suture utiles en chirurgie dermatologique.