Pearls for securing the pinch-and-slide suture technique for high-tension closures

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Jul;87(1):e5-e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.049. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

Authors

Stephanie R Jackson Cullison¹, Panayiota Govas², Bryan T Carroll³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: jacksoncullisonsr@upmc.edu.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.

PMID: 32682888
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.049

No abstract available

Keywords: dermatologic surgery; high-tension closure; pinch-and-slide suture technique; sliding loop suture technique; suture technique.

MeSH terms

Humans
Suture Techniques*
Sutures*