Sutures are medical tools used by doctors and surgeons to close a wound. Depending on your condition, a doctor will use the proper suture technique and material to stitch a wound or laceration shut.

In the control group, a continuous intracutaneous suture of absorbable synthetic suture material (Monocryl, USP 3–0, Ethicon) was placed. The wound edges were then fixed with wound closure strips and ...