Clinical Applications of Barbed Suture in Aesthetic Breast Surgery

Ryan T M Mitchell; Bradley P Bengtson

doi:10.1016/j.cps.2015.06.003

Clinical Applications of Barbed Suture in Aesthetic Breast Surgery

Clin Plast Surg. 2015 Oct;42(4):595-604. doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2015.06.003.

Authors

Ryan T M Mitchell¹, Bradley P Bengtson²

Affiliations

¹ Bengtson Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery, 555 MidTowne Street, NE, Suite 110, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA.
² Bengtson Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery, 555 MidTowne Street, NE, Suite 110, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Electronic address: drm@bengtsoncenter.com.

PMID: 26408446
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2015.06.003

Abstract

The breadth of literature regarding barbed suture applications in plastic surgical procedures and of importance to this article, barbed suture applications in breast surgery, is growing dramatically as surgical practitioners are becoming more familiar with the advantages of this new suture technology. Barbed suture devices were first implemented by plastic surgeons for the use in various minimally invasive techniques for facial rejuvenation, but have now surpassed these applications and are now much more commonly used in Breast and Body closures.

Keywords: Barbed suture; Breast incision closure; Covidien V-Loc suture; Ethicon Stratafix suture; Incision closure techniques; Surgical Specialties Quill suture; Sutures; Wound closure techniques.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Breast / surgery*
Female
Humans
Mastectomy / methods*
Reoperation
Sutures*