Medical Dictionary
mattress suture
noun mat·tress suture \ˈma-trəs-\
Medical Definition of MATTRESS SUTURE
: a surgical stitch in which the suture is passed back and forth through both edges of a wound so that the needle is reinserted each time on the side of exit and passes through to the side of insertion—called also mattress stitch
Illustration of MATTRESS SUTURE
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