A veteran perioperative nurse remembers a time when all suture needles had eyes,and she even had her own needle rack.She hand threaded all sutures according to the surgeon's preference.The newer sutures were originally called "atraumatic" sutures because they did not double back through a needle eye and cause tissue trauma during pulling or suturing through the tissue.Today,we call this manufacturing process of connecting the suture thread to the needle:

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The swaged needle is the most universally used needle type,eliminating threading eyed needles before and during surgery.A single strand of suture material is drawn through the tissue,and tissue damage is minimized (atraumatic).The swaged needle may need to be cut off with suture scissors or swaged for controlled release of the suture (semi-swaged).

A Veteran Perioperative Nurse Remembers a Time When All Suture