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| SUTURE MATERIAL THAT IS BROKEN DOWN AND DIGESTED BY THE TISSUES. IT IS THEN ABSORBED BY THE BODY. |
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| SCAR FORMATION, PARTICULARLY OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA. |
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| THE SURGICAL CREATION OF AN OPENING BETWEEN TWO BLOOD VESSELS, HOLLOW ORGANS, OR DUCTS. |
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| TO BRING TISSUE TOGETHER BY SUTURES OR OTHER MEANS. |
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| IN DESCRIBING SUTURE USE, THE WAY THE BODY REACTS TO THE PRESENCE OF THE SUTURE MATERIAL. |
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| A CURVED, TAPERED NEEDLE WITH A BLUNT POINT THAT IS USED FOR HIGHLY VASCULAR ORGANS, SUCH AS THE LIVER |
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| TUBING THROUGH WHICH RETENTION SUTURES ARE THREADED TO PREVENT THEM FROM CUTTING INTO THE PATIENT'S SKIN. |
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| A PLIABLE, WAXY DOUGH MADE FROM SYNTHETIC MATERIAL USED TO CONTROL CAPILLARY BLEEDING ON THE SURFACE OF BONE. |
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| THE ABILITY OF SUTURE MATERIAL TO ABSORB FLUID. |
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| A CHEMICAL USED TO TREAT SURGICAL GUT TO MAKE IT RESISTANT TO ABSORPTION BY TISSUE. |
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| TISSUE THAT HEALS WITHOUT SCAR FORMATION, CAUSING LIMITED MOBILITY. |
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| A SUTURE NEEDLE WITH A CUTTING EDGE ALONG ONE SIDE OF THE SHAFT. |
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| CHEMICAL OR MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF NECROTIC TISSUE AFTER INFECTION OR TRAUMA. |
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| SEPARATION OF THE LAYERS OF A SURGICAL WOUND. |
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| THE PROTRUSION OF ABDOMINAL VISCERA THROUGH A WOUND OR SURGICAL INCISION. |
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| A COMPLICATION OF WOUND INFECTION IN WHICH ONE OR MORE HOLLOW, SKIN-LINED TRACTS FORM AT THE WOUND SITE AND CONTINUE TO DRAIN PUS AND FLUID. THIS PREVENTS THE WOUND FROM HEALING. |
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| A BLOOD-FILLED SPACE IN TISSUE, THE RESULT OF A BLEEDING VESSEL. |
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| CAUSING LITTLE OR NO REACTION IN TISSUE OR WITH OTHER MATERIALS. |
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| EXCISSIVE SCAR FORMATION, WHICH CAN RESULT IN A COSMETIC OR FUNCTIONAL DEFECT. |
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| IN SUTURE MATERIAL, THE TENDENCY OF SUTURE TO RECOIL TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE DURING PACKAGING. |
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| SUTURE MATERIALS THAT RESIST BREAKDOWN IN THE BODY. |
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| WOUND DRESSING WHICH PREVENTS AIR, MOISTURE, AND CONTAMINANTS FROM ENTERING THE TISSUES. |
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| A SUTURE MADE FROM ANIMAL PROTEIN WHICH IS QUICKLY ABSORBABLE IN TISSUE. |
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| THE FLEXEBILITY OF A SUTURE MATERIAL. |
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| PRIMARY INTENTION (WOUND HEALING) |
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| THE HEALING PROCESS AFTER A CLEAN SURGICAL REPAIR. |
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| A SUTURING TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A CONTINUOUS STRAND IS PASSED IN AND OUT OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A LUMEN AND THEN IS PULLED TIGHT, LIKE A DRAWSTRING. |
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| A SUTURING TECHNIQUE IN WHICH A PORTION OF TISSUE OR AN ORGAN IS REMOVED AND REJOINED IN ANOTHER CONFIGURATION. |
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| HEAVY, NONABSORBABLE SUTURES THAT ARE PLACED BEHIND THE SKIN SUTURES AND THROUGH ALL TISSUE LAYERS TO GIVE ADDED STRENGTH TO THE CLOSURE. ALSO CALLED A SECONDARY SUTURE LINE. |
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| THE FORMATION OF PERMANENT CONNECTIVE TISSUE AT THE SITE OF THE TRAUMA. |
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| SCONDARY INTENTION (WOUND HEALING) |
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| NATURAL HEALING OF A WOUND WITHOUT SUTURES OR OTHER MEANS OF APPROXIMATING TISSUE. |
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| EXUDATE OR DISCHARGE CONTAINING SERUM AND BLOOD. |
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| A SPECIALTY DRESSING USED ON SKIN GRAFTS TO MAINTAIN CONTACT BETWEEN THE GRAFT AND WOUND BASE. |
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| THE AREA OF AN ATRAUMATIC SUTURE WHERE THE SUTURE STRAND IS FUSED TO THE NEEDLE. ALSO CALLED AN ATRAUMATIC SUTURE. |
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| A SUTURE NEEDLE THAT HAS A ROUND BODY THAT TAPERS TO A SHARP POINT. IT PUNCTURES TISSUE, MAKING AN OPENING FOR THE BODY OF THE NEEDLE TO FOLLOW. |
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| THE AMOUNT OF FORCE OR STRESS A SUTURE CAN WITHSTAND WITHOUT BREAKING. |
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| THIRD INTENTION (WOUND HEALING) |
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| DELAYED PRIMARY WOUND CLOSURE. ROUTINE WOUND CLOSURE AFTER A PERIOD OF HEALING. |
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| A CHARACTERISTIC OF SOME SUTURE MATERIAL THAT RESULTS IN FRICTION BETWEEN THE SUTURE AND THE TISSUE. |
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| WATER-SEALED DRAINAGE SYSTEM |
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| A WOUND DRAINAGE SYSTEM USED TO PULL FLUID OR AIR FROM THE THORACIC CAVITY AFTER THORACIC SURGERY OR TRAUMA TO THE THORAX. |
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