A 2 hour skills boosting masterclass in Basic Surgical Skills delivered by Plastic Surgeons
2 hours across 2 days for 2 consecutive months
- Instrument handling
- Basic wound closure: interrupted, continuous, mattress,
- Higher order techniques - layered closure: deep dermal & subcuticular
- Variations of common sutures: Locking mattress, half-buried, box stitch
- Tips & tricks:
- Re-tensioning your knot: locking the knot & slip knots
- Suture selection
- Local anaesthesia
- How to suture fast: economy of movement
- How to close gaping wounds
- Hand ties