Removing Stitches (cont.)
Medical Author:
Terri R Holmes, MD
Coauthor:
Fernando Daniels III, MD
Medical Editor:
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhDDr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications. IN THIS ARTICLE
Pictures of Stitches
Stapled surgical wound of the left leg of a 46-year-old woman who underwent femoral artery bypass surgery. Staples were used to close the wound after the operation. 
Close-up of staples of a left leg surgical wound. 
This 26-year-old man received many cuts and bruises after falling from a 7-story window. This picture was taken 1 week after his fall. His eyebrow and neck wounds have been closed with adhesive strips. 
Close-up of adhesive strips used to close the wound to the eyebrow. 
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