{"id":112,"date":"2002-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-02-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/technical-training\/basic-knot\/"},"modified":"2012-04-25T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T14:02:20","slug":"basic-knot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/training\/technical-training\/basic-knot\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Knot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Anatomy of a Square Knot<\/h2>\n<h3>Wayne W. LaMorte, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.<\/h3>\n<h4>Photography by Michael J. LaMorte<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/surgery\/files\/2002\/02\/basicknot5.jpeg\" alt=\"basicknot5\" title=\"basicknot5\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1295\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A square knot consists of two &#8220;throws&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/surgery\/files\/2002\/02\/basicknot1.jpeg\" alt=\"basic knot 1\" title=\"basicknot1\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Throws are constructed by crossing the ends of the suture to form a loop and then wrapping one end of the suture around the other.<br \/>\nHere, the short end has been crossed over the long end to form a loop.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/surgery\/files\/2002\/02\/basicknot2.jpeg\" alt=\"Basic Knot 2\" title=\"basicknot2\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The short end has been wrapped around the long end by passing it under the long end and up through the loop to complete the first &#8220;throw&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/surgery\/files\/2002\/02\/basicknot3.jpeg\" alt=\"Basic Knot 3\" title=\"basicknot3\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1304\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The loop for the second throw is initiated by once again crossing the short end <em>over<\/em> the long strand from right to left. [NOTE: A &#8220;granny knot&#8221; results if the short end crosses above the long end for one loop and below it for the other.]<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/surgery\/files\/2002\/02\/basicknot4.jpeg\" alt=\"Basic Knot 4\" title=\"basicknot4\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The short end has been wrapped around the long end a second time by passing it under the long end and up through the loop to complete the second &#8220;throw&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/surgery\/files\/2002\/02\/basicknot51.jpeg\" alt=\"Basic Knot 5\" title=\"basicknot5\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1307\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The knot has now been tightened, and the result is a square knot.<br \/>\nEach of the techniques for tying square knots (one hand tie, two hand tie, or instrument tie) achieves the same steps illustrated here.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anatomy of a Square Knot Wayne W. LaMorte, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H. Photography by Michael J. LaMorte A square knot consists of two &#8220;throws&#8221;. Throws are constructed by crossing the ends of the suture to form a loop and then wrapping one end of the suture around the other. Here, the short end has been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":108,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1310,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/1310"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/surgery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}