Learn All of the Surgical Knots

How do you tie surgical knots? How do you tie a two handed knot? How do you tie a one handed knot?
What about deep ties?
Is there such a thing as a one handed surgeon's knot?
Yes there is!
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In today's video I'm going to take you through a simple DIY setup for knot tying and get you masterful with tying knots.
If there is one thing you should be doing every day as a medical student interested in surgery or a surgical resident it's tying knots.
If there is a second thing it's sewing on bananas.
Every day!
Here are the things you can use to build a perfect knot tying kit:
1 12inch 2x4
4 3/4 inch screw in hooks
Rubber bands
String or suture
For a deep tying kit I like:
Metal paint can
Magnetic hook
With this simple setup you can be a knot tying machine! I can almost guarantee it! You just have to practice, make it a part of your daily routine.
I remember before laparoscopic cases as a resident I would go and tie laparoscopic knots on the trainer before the case. This would warm up both my hands and my mind for what was to come. I recommend you warm up every morning so that it's fluid.
If you want to jump around with AWESOME time stamps check these out:
Start and Setup 00:00
Two Handed Knot 03:01
One Handed Knot 07:48
Deep Ties 11:20
One Handed Surgeons Knot 13:24
REFERENCES
Kirk's Basic Surgical Technique citizensurgeon.co/KirksTechnique
Surgical Suture (Knots and Sewing) citizensurgeon.co/Surgicalsuture
WHO AM I?
I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community!
DISCLAIMER
While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy!
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[@ibrahimalbalawi6048]

One of the best videos out here! Amazing quality and explanation thank you so much 🙏🏼❤️

[@citizensurgeon]

Ibrahim Thank you so much for your beautiful comment, I’m so happy you found it helpful. More on the way.

[@noraclark7677]

Wow! That would take some real practice! Amazed you do that so adeptly left as well as right handed! We can add ambidextrous to your very long list of abilities!

[@citizensurgeon]

Ha! Thanks for watching and engaging Nora! It’s funny I’m a left hander living in a right handed world, gotta adapt! Have a great week!

[@petersielski3550]

I never thought of doing both a index finger and middle finger throw at the same time to get an instant surgeons knot. That's so helpful ! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@citizensurgeon]

Yeah man, check it out and let me know what you think :)

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[@alexanderpecherkin6199]

You are the best 🙌 thank you for an amazing lesson

[@citizensurgeon]

Alexander, that’s awesome, so glad you enjoyed it!!

[@jcinme1c737]

Very useful. Thank you master.

[@citizensurgeon]

Haha! Happy to help! Thank you!

[@walawymohammed4311]

Thanks 🙏

[@citizensurgeon]

You are welcome! Have a great week!

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[@0bama12]

May Allah continue to bless you with good health, thank you.

[@citizensurgeon]

Thank you, many blessings to you as well.

[@user-kr7mo4xv8f]

Hi Dr. Pearson! Thank you for this helpful video. For the one handed knot, how do you get the knots to lie in a square knot pattern without criss crossing in some way? I noticed it seems like you don't cross your hands when laying the knot down.

[@citizensurgeon]

Awesome, I’ll put out a short tomorrow and show you how :)

[@irenekilenzi5099]

Good video just that the demonstration was a little fast for beginners and sometimes hardly visible maybe something more visible and wider for easy demo

[@citizensurgeon]

Will do something a bit longer, this was just a taste! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@user-jt5cs9oz8g]

May I ask why do you always cross your sutures at the start?

[@citizensurgeon]

If I cross at the start I’ll always tie a square knot

[@ahmedelnagarmd]

Finally i got it aftrr watching 100+ useless videos