How to Remove Sutures
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Removing sutures is a common skill that nurses and health care providers are expected to perform. In this video we cover what you need to know to remove sutures easily and safely.
0:35 - When to remove sutures
1:46 - Preparation & Equipment
3:44 - Performing Suture Removal
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Very helpful. Thanks
Can i do this at home myself? I had an ingrown toenail surgery and have one thread over surgery site, i dont want to go to nurses because they treated my wound very roughly, opening the surgery wound when cleaning the site.
Tnx
Would be useful if you had a video on removing continuous sutures as well.
@tangofoxtrot40
3 ай бұрын
Dunno if you still need this but for continuous, top tip is to grab the knot and cut the suture that is directly opposite ok the other side of the wound edge. That will make sure you dont have any end passing through the suture track. It also exposes another end for you to grab onto to keep repeating the same steps
I can speak on wound dehiscence. I jumped off of a runaway horse and gouged my hand out on a bunch of rocks so bad that it exposed bone back in February. The PA decided to superglue my hand closed since the muscle and fascia swelled to cover my bone back up & I just needed something to close the skin. He said regular stitches would hurt and would cause me to be unable to move my hand very much so I said “yeah, superglue is good.” He glued my hand together and let it dry before putting on the bandaid. Come the next day when I was supposed to remove my bandaid I had a bit of a problem: my body rejected the superglue and this sticky yellow serum was all over my hand just absolutely sealing the bandaid to my open wound again. I had to put on a brave face and just fucking rip that shit off and I nearly puked, but I had to get the bandaid off so I wouldn’t get an infection. Unfortunately it meant my superglue was no longer holding my hand together and I had to then get creative to close my hand back up myself since I didn’t feel like spending $800 again, so I grabbed some duct tape and started taping my hand closed for the next month. It finally healed up but I can feel a giant lump where I definitely healed by tertiary intention… oopsie. 😂
lol I have horrible anxiety and the nurses were so rude when I got my stitches, I removed them myself to not go back there thank you. I don't recommend anyone do this
@samuelever8958
Жыл бұрын
Hey
@nega3ive.
Жыл бұрын
So sorry this happened to you. Anxiety is a bitch.
@KrishnaSri-tn2df
9 ай бұрын
I love u my get ur what's no
@nega3ive.
9 ай бұрын
@@nodafy Irony of your reply lmao.
@ufcfan3940
7 ай бұрын
Same
Thanks! I remove all my friends’ these days!
Thank u so much this helped my son to remove my sutures
@agouwa4664
Жыл бұрын
AMERICA😂
@laurelcook9078
10 ай бұрын
@@agouwa4664ain’t no way I’m paying $800 for someone to cut fishing line lol
Is it painful?
Hey, I have a question regarding making an incision........ When you start to cut there would obviously be blood coming out... Right? How to make a proper incision and without making a bloody mess?
@SurgicalTeaching
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, typically after making the skin incision we would use diathermy to cut through the deeper tissue and also cauterise any small bleeding vessels
@romansingla
2 жыл бұрын
@@SurgicalTeaching I'm sorry I don't get it....... Well, let's assume you got a patient who has a deep cut on "let's say" his forearm and it is constantly bleeding.... Wt will u do? I guess you'll perform a suture. But you can't perform a suture while it's bleeding.
@SurgicalTeaching
2 жыл бұрын
It depends....if the cut is from a trauma then if it's really deep and bleeding excessively then they may require surgery to stop the bleeding (either tying the bleeding vessel or cauterising the vessels) and then suture the wound closed. If the "cut" is from surgery- then during the operation we use diathermy (an instrument which uses electrical energy to burn/seal bleeding vessels) to make sure that all bleeding has stopped before we then suture the wound closed. We have a video about Diathermy on our website www.surgicalteaching.com if you wanted to learn more. Hope that helps
@romansingla
2 жыл бұрын
@@SurgicalTeaching I got it 😀 thanks 😊
@clg11mylove
Жыл бұрын
@@SurgicalTeaching does it hurt getting them removed from the left leg right below the knee?
I had 120 stitches in my arm went thru a glass door. I took most of them out myself
Is it painful I'm 9 and they are removing mine after 6 days
@nowdoyouunderstandpain6066
Жыл бұрын
Did it hurt
@themuzakvault
Жыл бұрын
@@nowdoyouunderstandpain6066 fuck yes it does
@nowdoyouunderstandpain6066
Жыл бұрын
@@themuzakvault yah I got them I had 6 stitches on my finger nail it hurts so bad but honestly the worst part was when they drenched me with that solution stuff if felt like my finger was on fire
@krittikaswamyvii-arn4996
Жыл бұрын
Guys does it hurt when they remove the stitches
@Rahim-444
Жыл бұрын
@@nowdoyouunderstandpain6066 it is really that bad ? Like how bad
his sing-song voice is not easy listening.
why isit that you cannot talkproperly ?
And my chemist removed my stitches with the help of blade😭 It was worst experience
@clg11mylove
Жыл бұрын
Why the fuck did your chemist teacher remove your sutures DOCTORS NEED TO DO THAT
@whiteangel9425
11 ай бұрын
Did it hurt?
Stopped listening after you said "adeesive".
painful, they remove mine just now hahahuhu