vertical mattress suture The<unk>  is a suturing technique used to close wounds. It is the most commonly used technique in the closure of skin. It is known as an<unk><unk>  because the individual<unk> es aren't connected; they are separate. Placing and tying each<unk>  individually is time-consuming, but this technique keeps the wound together even if one suture fails. It is<unk> , and relatively easy to place. A surgeon's knot or knots cross the wound perpendicularly. The knots should not be left over the wound, but placed to one side in order to avoid scarring and to make the removal of the<unk> es easier. Image:Simple<unk>  suture.Procedure
Simple interrupted stitch
Side stitch
Barbed suture
Seton stitch
Horizontal mattress stitch
Corner stitch
Joel-Cohen incision
Catgut suture