butterfly closure
Adhesive skin bridge
A butterfly closure is a small adhesive bandage with a narrow center and wider ends, shaped like a butterfly or bowtie.
It pulls wound edges together without stitches, used for minor cuts that need more than a regular bandage but less than sutures: The nurse applied butterfly closures to hold the gash closed.
Also called a butterfly bandage or Steri-Strip.
- steri-stripAdhesive wound closure strips
- bandageWound covering strip
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- wound careTreatment of bodily injuries
- open woundUnhealed break in skin
adhesive · skin · tape · laceration · minor cuts · suture · gauze · medical · hold together · healing · cut · sterile · first aid kit · strip · tension · edges · wing · delicate
- bandagesbandage, gauze, adhesive bandage, dressing, Band-Aid
- wound carebandage, bandages, gauze, gauze pads, dressings
- Medical Adhesivesbandage, band-aid, surgical tape, medical tape, steri-strips
- hemostaticsthrombin, fibrin, platelets, clotting factor, hemostat
butterfly closuresutures
Medical wound closures
stitches · surgical staples · staples · skin staples · skin grafts
butterfly closuresurgical repair
Medical procedure restoring function
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