However, in an earlier study in 2000, Barber also showed that a double-vertical suture-only construct was statistically stronger than any of the implants — although, the article is 10 years old ...

Among my indications for all-inside and outside-in suture-based arthroscopic repair of meniscal tears are symptomatic unstable tears, tears greater than 7 mm to 10 mm long, vertical or ...

The new Tie-Grip repair technique places an inside-out vertical suture (the "grip") parallel to each edge of the radial tear. Several horizontal mattress sutures, 2 to 3 mm long, bridge the tear ...

"Closure of midline vertical skin incisions with subcuticular suture does not reduce surgical site wound complications compared with staples in obese gynecology patients," the authors write.

Figure 3a. Meniscal repair using horizontal inside-out sutures. Figure 3b. Meniscal repair using vertical inside-out sutures. Figure 3a. Meniscal repair using horizontal inside-out sutures.

we randomly assigned 200 adult patients who were scheduled to undergo repair of a primary hernia or a first recurrence of hernia at the site of a vertical midline incision to suture repair or mesh ...