mattress suture
Surgery
noun
A type of surgical stitch used especially to close the edges of a wound, in which the needle is reinserted on the same side from which it emerged, forming a loop on each side as it is passed back and forth.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in The Lancet.
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