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Surgical suture needles: Reference view.

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Surgical suture needles

Cutting & suturing

Surgical suture needles

Curved surgical needle · cutting / taper needle

THE FIRST VIVA QUESTION

What is its use?

Carries suture through tissue; needle selection depends on the tissue and closure task.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Identify curvature, body and point separately.
  2. A suture may be swaged directly to the needle.
  3. The point and cross-section determine the needle type.
Don’t confuse it with…

A cutting needle has cutting edges; a taper-point needle separates fibres with a round-bodied profile.

02 / PARTS

Name the parts.

Point to each part on your specimen as you say its name.

  1. Point
  2. Body
  3. Swage / eye
  4. Curvature
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01What does swaged mean?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

The suture is attached directly to the needle during manufacture.

02Can you identify the needle type from curvature alone?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

No. Examine the point, cross-section and packaging.

Read the references.

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