Buried vertical mattress suture

The purpose of the vertical mattress suture is to optimize wound margin eversion while burying the surgical knot in the deep dermis or superficial adipose tissue.

Modified from: Surgery of the Skin: Procedural Dermatology, 2nd ed, Robinson JK, Hanke CW, Siegel DM, Fratila A (Eds), St. Louis: Mosby, 2010.

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