suturing/knot tying learning resources

[ColoradoDVM]

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I'm looking for any exceptional resources for learning suturing and especially surgical knot tying techniques. An ability to view in super slow speed would help immensely too. If you have favorites please post! Thanks in advance

 

[squeegee]

You will get exposure to this second semester of 2nd year at CSU (if that's where you're at), but if you want to start early there's a suture patterns DVD available at vettext...has mostly patterns but they cover some knot basics in the beginning as well

 

[Allthingsequine]

Ethicon has several videos on Youtube which one of our surgery skills clinicians recommended. I haven't watched all of them, but the ones I've seen have been good. Here are some knot tying ones:
One handed tie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHVlBBUIFm8
Two handed tie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbH8mvXyR0&playnext=1&list=PLF93F5318CE29B792
Common faults in knot tying: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsxPHO7a8kk
Instrument ties: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVlmKxpfcOY
And another knot tying video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHk_191uYP4
Hope that helps!

 

[libster06]

I just took a skin elective class and we got a small bit of exposure to basic suturing and knot tying. At the end we received a "knot practicing board" at the end of it, similar to this one: http://www.simulab.com/product/surgery/suturing/knot-tying-board. I haven't had a chance to use it yet, but that might be of use to you to look into something like that for practicing after learning basic techniques.

As far as videos go, it's very difficult to learn much from a video without also being shown in person a suturing technique (they showed us several videos before we went to the lab to practice and I still had to have assistance and reiteration when we got to our actual specimens). I wouldn't rush it too much on your own because it can be frustrating and without professional assistance and training in the initial or early stages of learning suturing, I would be afraid of learning it the wrong way as a result of self-taught methods.

If you've already learned some things, I would ask some of your professors for extra resources on suturing/knot tying help, and also consider the practice board (it is also useful to practice suturing vessels as well).

 

[JumpHigherLivie]

If you go to www.cvm.msu.edu and click on student pages. Then click on the links for junior surgery videos ...we have lots of slow and step by step videos for suture patterns and one and two handed ties.

If you're like me though, the videos really did NOT help and I needed to have someone there to watch me go through things one by one to make sure I had the motions right.

 

[rustysmom]

If you go to www.cvm.msu.edu and click on student pages. Then click on the links for junior surgery videos ...we have lots of slow and step by step videos for suture patterns and one and two handed ties.

If you're like me though, the videos really did NOT help and I needed to have someone there to watch me go through things one by one to make sure I had the motions right.

I found these videos http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/surgery/5000.htm much, much more helpful than the junior surgery ones mentioned above. We had foam boards to practice on but I found practicing on chicken/turkey from the grocery store much more useful. Buy whatever is on sale and suture away! 🙂