Reply below with your questions about the video, or any general suturing questions!

Surprisingly hard to find information, thanks Dr. Zenn!

I'm just ten and have a suture kit already because of my thirteen year old cousin who watches these videos for practice, he has one too!!

Thank you so much! You have taught me how to become an expert and had to close up a wound not just with different types of knots and suturing techniques. But you actually taught me the difference between the needles be in tapered Or cutter to the actual thread be in monofilament or multi filament. Then you taught me when to use absorbed and non-absorbed sutures. You are literally my teacher at home! Thank you Dr. Zenn! 🙏💜🇺🇸

I'm a 4th year just starting surgery auditions and this video is fantastic. I feel like a lot of what I saw on clerkships finally makes sense with regards to suture material.

1,000 Times THANK YOU !!! for these excellent videos. Took a year off and was so rusty . And your absolutely right, we use what we do because some else did or too many choices just pick one you know. !

Complete and concise, a wonderful rare quality. Thankyou so much!

You made a topic which was so intimidating easy to understand and apply!! I now have the confidence to begin my suture techniques on actual patients 🤗🤗 thank you and God bless❤❤

I’ve been researching types of sutures as I raise chickens and I may need to suture one up sometime (impacted crop, injury, etc.). I am trying to be prepared for emergencies. Avian vets are few and far between. This is the best information I have found on the internet and I have been looking for a while . I would have ordered a less than ideal suture material if I had not seen your videos. I feel more confident now. Thank you very much.

Thank you Dr. Zenn. Really helpful.

Great videos! I have seen all of them many, many times through med school and my first years in the art of surgery in Norway. I am a proud owner of your 2 volume books that take an essential place on my book shelf. The basics are the foundation that all is built upon. I can recommend that you consider a video about the main instruments used in the theater and how to use them properly. Amazing how many times I have fumbled around with anatomical forceps until I figured it out. Nobody teaches these basics unless you are lucky to find a mentor. Or you are a book collector like myself and have the essentials from Pye and Bailey etc. Thank you.

Dr. Zenn is a brilliant lecturer. I wish KZfaq had more physicians like Dr. Zenn fostering interest in medicine, surgery, and health science research. You see it in the basic sciences a lot but not as much in medicine or surgery.

Thank you. I've been looking for literature with this topic. Never thought of looking on KZfaq.

Thank you Dr Zenn! You are the best👏🫶🏽

Thank you Dr zenn , actually you are my teacher at home , your channel is my best choice in medical .

This material is EXCELLENT. Loved this video.

Thank You very much Dr.Zenn for such a informative and most needed presentation for doctors in training and also for practicing doctors , my deep respects to you.

Great video, Dr. Zenn. This video has been very educational and will continue to serve as a reference in my training.

Best explanation ever... Good job doctor.

Thank you for this lecture, God bless you.

Thank you much Dr.Zenn, you're the man!

Great video, Dr. Zenn!

I just lucked into this. Loved it and learned a lot. Going to look at your other videos!!! Thank you!!

thank you sooo much Dr.!!

Absolutely you are the best doctor who teachs me Suturing , thank you so much 💙💙

GREAT video. Thank you!

The best suture series!!

Great video Dr. Zenn. High quality and very informative :) I was wondering if you can make a video about basic and advanced knot tying with different suture materials taking into account delicate structures, suture material physics etc. Some tips and tricks in general :) Wish you all the best!

I have been looking for a suture class, more depth and practically. You just clicked with me. This is the best presentation and it makes sense. Thank you!!! I’m subscribing to your videos now (I don’t subscribe to anything).

Amazing video, explained very well and detailed. Thanks.

Thank you Dr.Zen for sharing. I am a midwife in Suriname and your training video's helps me a lot.🙏🙏thank you

Thanks for your videos, I really appreciate them!

THANK YOU! I would love to a see a video on one- and two-handed surgical knot tie techniques!

Very good presentation, thanks for your time!

Thank you dr. zenn very helpful

Great video, very informative! Thank you Dr. Zenn. Watching from Philippines.

This was very helpful!! Thank you!!

Thank u very much Dr. Zen

Thank you very much dr for this nice presentation

This has been very helpful!😊

Excellent review of suture types and closure techniques. Succinct and enjoyable.

Thank you, great stuff!

Thank you for this lecture dr

Thanks Mike

Thank you so much for posting for informative video

Thank you sir for giving very important accepts of suturing..

sir thank u so much for all the great details in one video

Thank you Sir. I learned without paying money to workshops.

Seen many as RN, OR-sutured as medic, but wether Monofilament, braided, absorbable or non-absorbable, great overview. Hopefully scrub nurse is arming needle in holder properly. Outstanding explanation & salient memories. Thank you

thank you so much for very informative video

It looks a very easy to do xx

Thanks alot. It help me alot

Love this video!

Thank you !!! From 🇵🇪

Your videos are great!!!!

I love you doctor ❤, and thank you for your help ❤❤❤

Thank you Dr its been so helpfull

Thank you so much. very informative video. I was looking for this info and it was delivered perfectly. a great Teacher. I hope I can one day teach what I learned like you do.

thank you for the information

Very useful content.... keep it up 👍🏻

Thank you 🙏

Dr. Zenn, I am new to your videos as I am in NP school. Thank you for your high quality educational material. I am struck by one note. You seem happier now than in your previous Duke "How to Suture" videos. I have worked in the OR as a scrub and circulator RN, and know the culture. What has changed for you?

Thank you

Wow!! Thank you! Just starting to train myself, lots of questions, you gave me quite a bit to chew on, TY! I assume the suture material will affect your choice knots. So much to learn.

Sir your video is really very good explanation in a very short time. Thanks and please keep it up. As a doctor I appreciate your lecture very much

Thanks for your sharing

Thanks for help..

What a great lesson! Do you also have one for manual knot tying in different situations? (Vessel ligation, fascia, subcutis, etc.)

Excellent presentation sir. love from India

Good explanation think you very much

Thank you for this lecture, Dr. Zenn. Just found your channel, subscribed instantly!

You are a good person, Dr. Zenn, some are jealous to teach.

I need this amazing power point ❤

Thank you for making these videos Dr. Zenn. I'm learning to suture and there's alot of info to absorb (no pun intended). I'm NOT fond of silk braid (4-0) there's so much drape to it. (I sew fabric as well.) My respect level for those who suture surgically has gone up by 1,000%. It looks easy to do but my hands don't want to cooperate with the instruments. Again, thank you for the videos.

Thank you alot .

I work ER and i never use vicril unless its to pull in deeper tissue or to close a void if there is missing tissue. I use ethilon interrupted 90+ percent of the time in case they get infected (15 years in, nothing major but you never know). Patients sometimes get upset that they have to come back to get them removed but i think it is the safest option. I use interrupted most of the time, again if they get infected it might be part of the laceration and you can get by pulling a couple, where if you have a running stitch the whole thing has to come out. I do use running often on impatient, uncooperative, usually intoxicated patients simply for expediency.

Great Sir..💙

Thanks

Thank you so much sir

Very helpful video ..thanku sir

Thanks for the vedio

Amazing video

Great information sir...

Awesome 😊👍

Thank you very much, Dr. Zenn for the inormations, really helpful for me in the remote areas too

Thank you for a Great video! How long does it take for redness to go away after prolene sutures are removed?

I am Dr. Micheale from Tigray ( Ethiopia) and I am dental surgeon , now starting learning ur lecture

❣️❣️❣️thanks a lot

Dr. Zenn, could you please make a video with examples of bad sutures, i.e. what common things to avoid? Learning by negative example would be very helpful since, for example, I believe I would better understand what a 90-degree bite and skin eversion are if I would see a non-90-degree suture and the resulting skin inversion. Also I find it difficult in assessing if a suture is sloppy/bad, since you only show your perfectly-executed state-of-the-art sutures :) Thank you very much for your videos!

Thank you im very interested to kearn how to suture

amazing video. ---subscribed of course

Thanks for your information on suture. I am a patient gotten my Tommy done in July. My suture knots above my bellybutton hurts and I can feel the knots. Am I to worry about this?

Very useful. Choice of needles: Cutting vs. reverse cutting? Nylon vs. poly....nylon is elastic so one must be very aware of tension during tying. Polypropylene is not elastic so the tension applied is the tension that remains. That's a very good thing in some applications. Absorption by hydrolysis produces virtually no inflammation and that's very good. Allergic reactions to gut do occur and can be problematic. You seem not to adhere to the old and perhaps incorrect maxim that only monofilament material should be used in subcuticular repairs to reduce the likelihood of providing a refuge for bacteria.

Great video Dr. Zenn! Do you have the source for the images (e.g., the one about "types of suture material" and the one in which the sutures are organized by color)? I'm currently doing some Anki flashcards from this video to share with fellow students, are you ok with that? If so, having the original source would allow me to add said images with a higher resolution. These types of resources have been really helpful.

thank you very much for the great informations. please adjust the voice quality

@drzenn sir what's the best for closure of stump after amputation ?

Thanks for the information, sir..but , i very much wish for more information on suture needle, sir..it would be very useful.. thank you

Thank you Dr Zenn. Greetings from Mexico.

Thanks Dr. Zenn for so interesting lesson. I'm a family doctor with a surgeon's soul, so I try to do my best with my primary care patients. One problem that's been happening to me is when I remove a skin lesion at pretibial region or at scalp of bald patients and there's tension on the suture edges. Which is the best option and with the best esthetics result, considering that silk and polypropilene sutures use to be the material available at my medical consultation?. Perhaps some suture technique is also something to keep in mind in these cases, isn't it?

Is there a book that you can recommend as a resource that would be beneficial to me?