As a non-surgeon, non-doctor, non-student with an interest in acquiring skills which could be useful later, I appreciate your videos and clear explanations.

Watched this as a student when you first posted it, now in refreshing my half-buried suture as a general surgeon resident!! Thank so much Doc!!!

0:51 Instrument Tie 2:56 Simple Interrupted Tie 4:36 Simple Buried Suture 6:17 Vertical Mattress Suture 8:09 Horizontal Mattress Suture, Figure-of-8, Half Buried Suture 10:54 Simple Running Suture 12:55 Simple Running Locking Suture 15:06 Subcuticular Running Suture

Once again, you are the best Dr. Zenn! You have taught me every single suture not that I know including the surgeons tonight at the beginning of a throw. And then went to have three throws or four or more throws depending on what kind of suture thread you’re using! Please keep on with your videos! You are teaching individuals that are going to need these techniques on the battlefield or on the emergency room! You have people of all walks of life watching you! Thanks Doc! 🙏💜🇺🇸

I have no idea why ANYONE would give these videos a thumbs down. Dr. Zenn is perfect in his explanations and demonstrations of the techniques. He's far better than any of my instructors. I'm very grateful for these videos.

This is by far the most skillful suturing techniques i have ever watched. thanks for sharing

Wow! I just found my mentor ...plastic surgeon at dawn. Much appreciation doc!

Why i'm watching this? I'm a railway Engineer😇😊

I have to thank you. I used this video to learn basic stitches for my work as a veterinary assistant. This was the first one to explain it in a sensible and very easy way. Really, thank you so much. Simple, calm, right to the point, perfect.

I'm a medical student and I've probably watched this video, or at least parts, about 10 times. Great technique and teaching!

Hands down the best, most simply presented, clearly demonstrated, and easily followed suturing tutorials I have watched to date. Thank you. Keep up the wonderful work.

I am not a surgeon or a medical student just a 60 years old lady still interested and learning about everything in case I need to help someone out in an emergency when no one else is available. Thank you very much for this video.

That burried running stitch was a piece of art! Very helpful :)

This is by and far the most high quality suture video I have seen. Thank you!

You taught me in 20 minutes what I've been trying to study for months now. Can't wait to head back to the ER and try these out (: thanks doc 👍

Doc Zenn, that is some fine semestering. When I was in med school my instructor would just shake her head and tell my “Your not roping cattle” Sir, it is a treat to see quality instruction.

This is the highest quality suture video on YT. Thank you!

Im not even a med student and I work for a bank but I love to watch suturing and this video made me love it even more.

I'm at the end of my family medicine NP internship, and this is hands down the best suturing tutorial on KZfaq. Who needs lecture when you got 19 minutes of Dr. Zenn! The one suture I saw elsewhere which wasn't mentioned is the "pulley suture". I haven't used it clinically but it's basically a vertical mattress but right before you do your instrument tie you place the needle through the last loop on the opposite site and then tie it off. It basically locks big gaping wounds. I'm not sure how practical it is clinically though in comparison to the ones doc mentioned as I'm sure many of them have similar locking strength. Thanks so much doc!

I’m almost 15 y/o. I plan on being a surgeon. Either neuro or general. I’ve never understood anything better. You explained this so we. I took a ton of notes. Thank you!!

Taking time in order to explain this much to your students and general audience...Perfection

Man this was awesome. I learnt ~9 suture techniques in under ~20 minutes. Thank you so much!!!!!

Praying to see More surgeons/ specialists doing this on KZfaq please 🙏🏾..you really help those of us in African countries that still have rudimentary postgraduate training systems.

Did my first lac repair yesterday. Wish I found this video/channel earlier. Would have definitely eased my anxiety. Great teaching!

Thank you. Im learning survival techniques and this is way up there as far as things that one needs to know.

I split my knee while hiking up a mountain in my home city. I am thankful for this video for helping me with my sutures. No scarring occured.

Thank God for you Dr Zen. You have helped me develop the confidence I was lacking to begin suturing.

I'm not a doctor or a nurse. I was honestly just curious about suturing. This was very interesting and informative. Thank you!

I like this technique of sutures Thank Dr Zenn I can't stop watching it

Amazing tutorial, I didn’t think there was more to learn about simple techniques, but somehow you manage to teach a lot, thanks for sharing!

hey dr zenn ive just now joined med school and i really wanted to get to know sutures and practice em before uni starts and ive never understood anything better ..thanks a lot ..

Just finishing up med school, surgery is my final exam and then hopefully onwards to my first surgery post. Thanks a lot Dr Zenn, of all the KZfaq tutorials, yours are the most thorough, no BS, and all-round brilliantly put together videos. Thank you very much for putting this out there, class of 2020 definitely need it!

That subcuticular running at the end is really awesome! Thank you for this.

Simply amazing. Thanks for the refresher!

As an avid self incision maker, I’m excited to test this out! Im saving up for the materials 😊

I am a general practitioner. Benefited your beautiful and clear surgical stitch. Thank you so much.

best surture video in the world does not get any more simplified than this...that's a fact

thank you for sharing your techniques and tips

Dear Dr.Zenn, thank you for concise and comprehensive lecture! Very useful for teaching new generations of surgeons. Nothing to add. Eugene Shepichev, M.D., thoracic surgeon

Thank you so much. I am currently in the process of building my own medical faciality to perform surgeries. I have never been to med school, so these sort of videos really help me learn the procedure. Hopefully someone trusts me enough to let me give it a shot

This may have been the best 20 minutes I've ever spent on KZfaq. I'm about to start my emergency medicine rotation and really hope to get to do some more suturing!

I am a PA student and have watched this video multiple times before my ED and general surgery rotations! Thank you so much for the clear explanations and wonderful demonstrations. Appreciate you Dr. Zenn!

NP student here and I just want to say how thankful I am for this video. Thank you for sharing your gifted talents Dr. Zenn

Thank you to the person who donated their skin to the making of this video

Perfect ! Best I've ever seen Many thanks

Thank you so much for this video. I am only 14 years old and will be a freshman in high school. Though, I am very interested in becoming an orthopedic or a cardio-thoracic surgeon. I found this video very helpful to learn about suturing.

Wow the best video on suturing techniques on the internet! Thank you Dr Zenn Sir

Thanks a lot Dr Zen!!! Best suturing demonstrations I've ever come across!!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thank you! I know this is basic but it answered a lot of questions I never fully understood in school.

Thanks Duke for the fantastic video!!!

Thousand thanks, Dr. Zenn, for sharing.

I just bought a nice practice suture set. Not in med-school or any school for that matter, just a nursing assistant. I've always had a secret dream of working in surgery from when I was a kid that was shut down because I wasn't academically strong and your videos helped me learn that I might have a knack for it. Thank you so much Dr.Zenn for this free lesson!

Beautifully done

Why in the whole world would you dislike this video...wtf is wrong with ? Put it in a comment thank you #Duke Suture Skills for sharing this.

Absolutely wonderful video. Thank you so much for uploading this - it's very clear, well lit and shot, and you explain everything so nicely. Thank you again for making this and sharing it for free.

This is fascinating. Thankyou for posting this. I'm not a medical student but always wondered how stitches were done. I sew a lot, different things that can be done with a thread & needle always amaze me.

Dr. Zenn: your knowledge & skill levels are clearly on display here at a high level. That last stitch you used looked to be by far the most effective suture if your goal is to leave as minimal a scar as possible. How long did it take you to perfect or master that level of suturing skill as demonstrated in this video? On 4-21-1980 I was in a severe near death accident. As a passenger getting a ride back to college, the driver crashed off a 250-cliff, atop a 3700-foot mountain in W.VA. I was transported via air rescue helicopter to Roanoke Memorial Hospital where I underwent a 7-hour surgery. I broke my jaw in 3-places & on both sides. However my right cheek, ear, eye, and neck suffered severe lacerations requiring a plastic surgeon then, and for the subsequent 6 more surgeries required over 14-years. I was extremely lucky that Dr. Kong, a very gifted plastic surgeon was available to perform the wound suturing. I had a total of 157-plus stitches when finished. It is absolutely amazing what a truly skilled plastic surgeon can do! I mean AMAZING! My right face looked so awful, and suffered so much damage I never ever thought it would look even OK. Dr. Kong did an absolutely incredible job, and even though scars exist with any major wounds, I was extremely pleased, and each subsequent surgery only improved my facial scars. I can even shave with a normal razor without any differenceor caution while shaving over all those scars. My point is, suturing and/or stitching is an extremely important skill regardless of where it's being performed to avoid scarring. IMHO I believe many, if not most, non-plastic surgeon doctors perform sutures for speed and for simple fast closure. However, the patient has to live with those scars the rest of their life. I think there are a lot of Surgeons that should maybe give a little more time & effort when closing a wound, and perfect their skills for both themselves as well as the patient. Thanks for an excellent tutorial video on how to perform suturing. William ~

Do you guys have any recommendations if it comes up to a suture kit? Just for practicing; also: 00:47 - Instrument Tie 02:54 - Simple Interrupted Suture 04:34 - Simple Burried Suture 06:15 - Vertical Mattress Suture 08:05 - Horizontal Mattress Suture, Figure-of-8, Half-Buried Suture 10:50 - Simple Running Suture 12:52 - Simple Running Locking Suture 15:03 - Subcuticular Running Suture

Thanks Surgeon .. What I was worrying about was subcuticular cosmetic suturing and now it's like am almost an expert .. Thanks for your knowledge

Thank you for taking the time to teach us! This is a skill that I have no practical experience in, so I needed a place to start!

Impressive training video Dr Zenn, your demonstration of each technique was very well presented.

That subcuticular running suture is a work of art, amazing skills doc.

Very nice. Of course, there are MANY other special purpose suture patterns. I often used a running vertical mattress for skin closure where there is some tension and additional support is desired.

His technique is ABSOLUTELY superb!

Probably the best suture video I have seen, very clear explanation and perfect images. Just makes it all look so much easier.

Thank youuuu sooooo muchhhhhhh sir!!!!!! Your teaching increased my interest in surgery❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

As a student of IV year I thank you from my heart for these amazing techniques❤️

Dr. Zenn, thank you for your time providing these demonstrations with perfect explanations. I live far away, med student, and without that demonstration, with lousy instructions where I study, I'd never make progress. Thank you.

Getting ready to start premed classes, very helpful! Thank you!

Thanks for sharing

Surgical Technologist here... thank you, this video was very helpful!

I've practiced; first out of a manual and next, a suture kit with several different injuries (I'm an RN). MY method is simple : see one, do one, teach one. I'm very hands on!

This perfect MD and Director

This the best tutorial i’ve ever watched. Thank you, Helped alot!!

we are building a community not dependent on corporate institutions for medical care. these youtube instructional videos are a blessing. it was a good demonstration, thank you

Wonderful explanation for understanding the basic concepts of the art suturing with details regarding tension and plausible outcomes of various types of sutures like a clean adhesion by a simple subcuticular running suture.

MUY BUENA TECNICA CON SUS DISTINTAS FORMAS DE SUTURAR, ME GUSTARIA APRENDER POR CUALQUIER SITUACION EMERGENTE

Excellent! Excellent!

Thank you for teaching suitable techniques in very easy way.. Really helpful😊

Im a medical student and i received a suture practice kit as a gift. Im watching ur video and practicing. Thank youuuu

Medicine is a skill acquired by anyone with time and practice. Does anyone learn how to tie their shoes upon the first try? Does anyone learn how to do a perfect 3-point turn in an automobile the first time? Does anyone learn how to eat "chicken noodle" soup...without having some product land on their' shirt of pants the first time. Answer; NO. Impossible. So...this is just a skill,...not to be in "awe of"...just another skill....like anything in life. We get good at what we practice and what we "wish to get good at". Nice video. Thank you.

Shoutout from McMaster University! Great video!

THANK YOU for this fascinating video!! I've always been curious as to how suturing was done. Quite interesting and your explanations were excellent, IMO.

I love how detailed the lessons are 😘

Hello Dr. Zenn! 3rd year medical student here. Thank you so much for taking the time to teach this entire video. Hands down, the absolute best one I've seen so far. Just a few questions: -when you bury the knot using the subcuticular technique, are you simply poking the knot with the tip of your suture to drive it into the skin then, releasing the knot while still in the skin and then, pull the free suture out at an angle? -when you close high tension wounds with a vertical or horizontal mattress technique, you are holding the suture a little closer to its end with your driver to get a longer bite, correct? -when you are doing a simple running suture, an assistant is ideally pulling the free string towards them after each bite (while you are working on making the next bite) to keep the previous bites taut... and then they release it after you make the next bite... then repeat.. correct? I believe I have seen it done this way during my OB rotation while observing C-sections so I just want to make sure.

I was watching hiking video but out of nowhere, i got this in recommended and i watched it with full interest... And i'm engineer...

Thank you Dr. Zenn. FNP here doing sutures.

Looking at my sutured wound, and just realising how trained my surgeon is

About 85% of people who are watching this video probably watch greys anatomy and are wondering how a "running whipstitch" is done lol

Not MD, RN-OR, did simple in military, outstanding presentation, bringing back salient memories. Thank you

Thank you Dr.Zenn!

nobody: me: a 12-year-old watching this for their dream job as a surgeon knowing their probs not gonna make it to med school :)

And now my prof is asking me to watch this for learning😭 when can i go back to school

Great video! All the suture was beautiful, neat and clean! Learned a lot hope i will able to do it in the future!

Plastic Surgeons are the best doctors when it comes to suturing

I'm assuming this was done on a cadaver. The skin is too pale for this to be a live person, and the lack of bleeding.

I hate it when my doctor turns on this video before putting in my stitches 😔

Starting ENT (Otolaryngology) in the UK and found this super helpful. Thank you!

This is an exceptional educational video, thank you for the clear instructions doctor !

Thank you so much for the great detailed explanation. I knew some of the stitches that were being done however did not know that there was a technical name for them. It's nice to see how they all can kind of work together. I understand now why some of my scars are visible and others are almost non-existent. It's nice to see the attention to detail.