TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Introduction A1 - Kantor, Jonathan Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Atlas of Suturing Techniques: Approaches to Surgical Wound, Laceration, and Cosmetic Repair AB - For millennia, surgical and traumatic wounds have been closed with sutures and similar materials, yet it was only with the introduction of local anesthesia 130 years ago that surgeons were able to move from focusing on the most rapid suture placement technique to the most effective. From William Halsted’s promotion of the buried suture technique in the late nineteenth century to contemporary articles on the subtleties of suture placement and tissue handling, a paradigm shift has taken place, with an increasing appreciation that not only are there multiple available approaches for any single suture placement, but that this choice may impact outcomes. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141250362 ER -