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Taught myself using this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxT60u2Lj0
The problem is when I did in the OR my attending kept telling me not to move my right hand. He said always keep tension on the suture with the right hand and tie the knot around that thread using your left hand. The guy in the video is constantly rotating both hands/wrists.
I've been trying to do that by following the steps in that video but without moving my right hand. The problem is it doesn't really turn out as a square knot without crossing the suture with both hands as you're tightening it either at the first half hitch or 2nd half hitch. How do you cross the sutures in order to form the square knot while holding the right side still? Obviously there is a way since I see every attending do it haha...unless they're actually poor square knots. I doubt that's the case, though ha. Does anyone understand what I'm trying to ask?
The problem is when I did in the OR my attending kept telling me not to move my right hand. He said always keep tension on the suture with the right hand and tie the knot around that thread using your left hand. The guy in the video is constantly rotating both hands/wrists.
I've been trying to do that by following the steps in that video but without moving my right hand. The problem is it doesn't really turn out as a square knot without crossing the suture with both hands as you're tightening it either at the first half hitch or 2nd half hitch. How do you cross the sutures in order to form the square knot while holding the right side still? Obviously there is a way since I see every attending do it haha...unless they're actually poor square knots. I doubt that's the case, though ha. Does anyone understand what I'm trying to ask?