Suture patterns

Simple interrupted

• quick and easy

• Most common interrupted suture pattern

Simple continuous

• quick and easy

• Most common continuous suture pattern

Ford interlocking

• modified form of simple continuous

• takes time to remove and uses large amount of suture

• commonly used in large animal

Vertical mattress

• used in high tension areas

• stronger than horizontal mattress

• time consuming

horizontal mattress

• used in high tension areas

• can cause tissue eversion

Lembert

• horizontal mattress variation

• inverting pattern

• used to close hollow viscera

• continuous or interrupted

Cushing

• inverted pattern

• provide watertight seal

• used to close hollow organs

• only enters submucosa

connel

• similar to cushing but enters the lumen

Purse string

• used to close openings

• for prolapsed organs, commonly an anus

Cruciate

an X suture pattern

continuous subcuticular

continuous pattern

continuous horizontal mattress

continuous version of mattress