title: New suture techniques for best esthetic skin healing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report two new suture techniques for best esthetic skin healing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the pig skin slices routinely employed for surgical technique training two new types of skin sutures were performed. One defined as inverted or hidden X point suture and other as totally hidden intradermal running suture. The first were performed using 4-0 polypropilene stitch and the intradermal with 4-0 poliglicolic stitch.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It was confirmed good skin layers union and contention with best esthetic result than observed with the traditional X and intradermal suture techniques.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Macroscopic examination of the hidden X point and totally hidden intra-dermal sutures and centrifuge skin traction confirmed good skin layers union and contention with best esthetic result than observed with the traditional X and intradermal sutures techniques.
authors: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. gomes@servcor.com
authors: Otoni Moreira
authors: OM
authors: Gomes
authors: André Silva Campos do
authors: AS
authors: Amaral
authors: Ariel José Villar
authors: AJ
authors: Gonçalves
authors: Auro Sérgio Perdigão de
authors: AS
authors: Brito
authors: Ernesto Lentz de Carvalho
authors: EL
authors: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004954:Esthetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D013552:Swine; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing