Sutures for Surgery

What technique of suturing is this?

• Simple Continous

• Simple Interupted

• Vertical Mattress

• Figure of 8

The first suture material to be used is

• Catgut

• Cotton

• Stainless steel

• Silk

Cutting edge needles are in which shape

• round

• square

• triangular

• oval

Skin sutures are removed after

• 3-5 days

• 15 days

• 5-6 days

• 7-10 days

Tissue eversion occurs in which technique of suturing

• Mattress sutures

• figure of eight

• interupted sutures

• continous sutures

Degradation of resorbable sutures is by

• Hydrolysis

• destruction

• enzymatic damage

• disappear

Commonly used suture size in oral surgery is

• 3-0

• 5-0

• 1-0

• 70

The needle should enter the tissue in which direction

• acute

• obtuse

• perpendicular

• straight

Commonly used knotting technique is

• granny's knot

• square knot

• suture knot

• surgeons knot

Silk sutures are

• non-resorbable,synthetic,monofilament sutures

• resorbable, synthetic,multifilament sututres

• non-resorbable ,natural, multifilament sutures

• resorbable,natural, monofilament sutures