VCS 511 General Surgery Laboratory

VCS 511 General Surgery
Laboratory

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Demonstration Videos:

 

Hand Ties

Two-handed
tie (right-handed surgeon)

One-handed
tie (right-handed surgeon)

Two-handed
tie (left-handed surgeon)

One-handed
tie (left-handed surgeon)

 

All of the following
demonstrations show a right-handed surgeon

 

Using the scalpel

Loading
the scalpel blade

Pencil grip

Finger-tip
grip

Incising using
the finger-tip grip

 

Loading the needle holder for a right-handed
surgeon

Correct
grasp of needle

Incorrect
grasp of needle

 

Suture Patterns and Instrument Ties

Simple interrupted
suture with 2 square knots

Simple interrupted
suture with a slip knot

Surgeon’s
throw

Simple continuous
suture beginning with a surgeon’s knot

Cruciate suture

Horizontal
mattress suture

Vertical mattress
suture

Ford interlocking
suture beginning with a surgeon’s knot

Simple
interrupted sutures with a buried knots

Simple
continuous suture with buried knots

Note that when finishing
the suture, the loop and the free end of suture that you will tie together
must be on the same side of the last suture crossing the wound in order for
the knot to bury.

Continuous
Lembert suture

Continuous
Cushing suture

An alternate method of
finishing the Cushing suture is to finish it as a Lembert (as it was started).
For the last suture, reverse the needle and place a Lembert suture across
the incision. You then tie the loop that is on one side of the incision to
the free end of the suture that is on the other end of the incision.

Continuous
Connell suture

An alternate method of
finishing the Connell suture is to finish it as a Lembert (as it was started).
For the last suture, reverse the needle and place a Lembert suture across
the incision. You then tie the loop that is on one side of the incision to
the free end of the suture that is on the other end of the incision.