After surgery, stitches (or sutures) are normally used to hold the two edges of tissue together, so the wound can heal and the skin rejoin.

He said the medical unit that treated the President used a smaller filament than is usual which increases the number of stitches but makes a tighter stitch and results in a smaller scar.

The disposable and atraumatic suture needle with monofilament palyproph-lene thread applies to cardiovascular surgery orthopaedics department and general surgical department .