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==Horizontal mattress==
==Horizontal mattress==
[[Image:2000px-Horizontal_mattress_suture.png|right|thumb|150px|<p>Horizontal Mattress Suture Pattern</p><sup>©Author: Olek Remesz(2007)Source: Wikipedia Commons</sup>]]
[[Image:2000px-Horizontal_mattress_suture.png|right|thumb|150px|<p>Horizontal Mattress Suture Pattern</p><sup>©Author: Olek Remesz(2007)Source: Wikipedia Commons</sup>]]
Mattress style sutures have an everting pattern and are usually applied as single interrupted sutures with the knot placed away from the wound edge.
Mattress style sutures have an everting pattern and are usually applied as single interrupted sutures with the knot placed away from the wound edge. Horizontal mattress sutures are placed so that the external suture material is aligned in parallel to the wound edge.
==Vertical Mattress==
==Vertical Mattress==