QUILLED SUTURE
\kwˈɪld sˈuːt͡ʃə], \kwˈɪld sˈuːtʃə], \k_w_ˈɪ_l_d s_ˈuː_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of QUILLED SUTURE
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An interrupted s. in which a double thread is passed deep into the tissues, even quite below the bottom of the wound, the needle being so withdrawn as to leave a loop hanging from one lip and the two free ends of the thread from the other. A quill, or, more commonly, a piece of bougie is passed through the loops, which are tightened upon it, and the free ends of each separate thread are then tied together over a second quill. The object is to bring the deep parts into firm coaptation.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
