How To: Place a horizontal mattress suture for surgeons

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to suture. Begin by lifting up the skin on the far side of the laceration with the tissue forceps and insert the needle with some distance far away from the wounded edge. Then lift up the skin with the near side laceration and mirror the course of the needle. Now move somewhat to the right of the subsection of this stitch, parallel to the incision line. Place the second subsection of the horizontal macro-suture like the first part. But this time from the near part to the small side. Finish by tying a surgeons knot and cutting both ends of the suture. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested i pursuing a career as a surgeon, and would like to prepare for this career by learning how to suture.