Safe handling of needles and sutures in the veterinary medicine

Ligatures, operating with a 3D camera, wound closure with tissue glue: the future of surgery has long since begun. And yet there is no way around the basic techniques. These include the safe handling of needle and thread as well as correct wound closure.

Especially at the beginning, this is quite a challenge! B. Braun knows this from its close cooperation with surgeons – right from the start. Because more than 100 years ago, Carl Braun developed the first industrially manufactured sterile suture material together with the surgeon Dr. Franz Kuhn. Since then, safe handling of needles and sutures in the operating theatre has been of central importance for veterinary students and young veterinarians as well as for experienced colleagues. Which suture material is suitable for which indication? How do I tie the correct surgical knot? How do I handle the needle correctly? These are questions for which we are happy to support you in your everyday work.

Find the right suture

Whether in the veterinary clinic or in the veterinary practice – with our examples from the daily routine in the clinic and in the practice, we would like to illustrate the common use of different suture materials.

Close-up of a veterinary surgical procedure showing forceps holding a needle and suture material as stitches are placed in tissue.

Gloved hands holding surgical needle holders while demonstrating how to grasp and guide a curved suture needle.

Suture and knotting techniques

B. Braun suture material – needle and thread: All beginnings need not be difficult. How do I tie the correct surgical knot? How do I handle the needle correctly?

What our customers say:

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“For me it is the insignia of a brand that with the same quality it offers an increasingly wide range of suture threads. Surgeons can choose the most appropriate suture in each circumstance based on tissue resistance, absorption time, the degree of contamination of the surgical area, etc.”

Dr. José Rodríguez Ph. D. in Veterinary Medicine from Complutense University in Madrid Professor of Surgery at the Veterinary Faculty in Zaragoza and Head of the Surgery and Ophthalmology Service of the Hospital Valencia Sur, Spain

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“The large selection and the quality of the B. Braun sutures are convincing. If you have any problems you always get immediate help from the responsible sales specialist.”

Lisa Kommer Senior veterinary assistant in the Operating Theater Department, Clinic Hofheim, Germany

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“Why do I like B. Braun sutures? At SASH we've been using B. Braun suture pretty much exclusively for the past 14 years That should say it all.”

Dr. Andrew Marchevsky BVSC (HONS), MVS FANZCVS SASH – Small Animal Specialist Hospital, Australia

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“Thanks to the many tips and tricks in the B. Braun training courses. I have learned a lot about the basics and the correct handling of suture material.”

Selina Hagemann Cand. med. vet., Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Germany