THE LITTLE-ROCK WEAVE

A debate has raged in the surgical literature about the use of a runni ng suture verses interrupted sutures for abdominal wound closures. For most abdominal wounds either method can probably be used safely. A mo dified interrupted technique is described which may be useful for some difficult wounds. One of the main advantages of this technique is tha t the wound tension is equally distributed along the entire wound and not only oh the last placed suture. The sutures are easily tied withou t having ''to fight the wound.''