Ethicon Wound Closure Manual

At a glance..

This manual has been prepared for the medical professional who would like to learn more about the practice of surgery–the dynamics of tissue healing, the principles of wound closure, and the materials available to today’s practitioners. Most important, it touches on some of the critical decisions which must be made on a daily basis to help ensure proper wound closure.

The details..

"Wound Healing and Management" is one of the main topics covered in this manual. The book explains that injury to any tissues of the body caused by physical means with an interruption of continuity is defined as a wound. It also covers burns which follow similar processes towards restoration to health - known as healing.

This manual has been prepared for medical professionals who want to learn more about surgery practice, including critical decisions that must be made on a daily basis regarding proper wound closure. ETHICON Inc., world's leading marketer of surgical sutures offers an adhesive with microbial protection as an alternative to sutures for topical skin closure.

The Suture section describes what suture is and its characteristics such as size, tensile strength, monofilament vs multifilament and absorbable vs non-absorbable sutures along with specific types available in synthetic absorbable/nonabsorbable categories.

Other surgical products like Dermabond* topical skin adhesive are discussed along with information on packaging techniques used during sterilization procedures.