Revisión bibliográfica: suturas
Autor
Leal Remedios, ZairaFecha
2022Resumen
Las suturas han estado en nuestra historia desde hace milenios, convirtiéndolas, dada
su importancia en el ámbito de la salud, en un dispositivo indispensable en el día a día de los
sanitarios de todo el mundo. Nuestro objetivo es realizar una línea cronológica, a través de una
revisión bibliográfica descriptiva e histórica, acerca de cómo evolucionó este dispositivo desde
nuestros antepasados.
El comienzo fue en la era cavernícola, donde se dieron los primeros indicios de la
manufacturación de éstas y continuó su avance a través de las Antiguas Grandes Civilizaciones.
Sin embargo, debido a factores como la escasa tecnología de la época, pocos instrumentos y la
intervención de instituciones religiosas, el avance de la medicina fue más lento hasta el siglo
XX, donde crece de nuevo de forma constante. Nuestra búsqueda de información culmina con
un análisis de las suturas actuales y, además, con aquellas que están siendo desarrolladas e
investigadas en estos momentos con la última tecnología, siempre con la intención de mejorar
e innovar.
Se realiza una revisión de los documentos que, según nuestros criterios de búsqueda y
palabras clave, nos han salido gran cantidad de artículos que nos han permitido realizar una
cronología básica de la sucesión de eventos y personajes que han intervenido en la creación,
modificación y perfección de estos dispositivos. Se han utilizado varias bases de datos de donde
hemos sacado la mayor información posible de cientos de artículos, lo que ha resultado en el
descarte y posterior selección de aquellos que nos resultaron válidos para realizar el
seguimiento. Sutures have been in our history for many years, making them, given their importance
in the health field, an indispensable device in the day-to-day life of healthcare professionals
around the world. Our objective is to make a chronological line, through a descriptive and
historical bibliographic review, about how this device is evolved with our ancestors. The
beginning was in the cave era, giving the first indications of the manufacture of them and
continued its advance through the great ancient civilizations. However, due to factors such as
the limited technology of the time, few instruments and the intervention of religious
institutions, it caused that the advance of medicine until practically the 20th century was not
something more rapid and constant. Our search for information culminates with an analysis of
the current sutures and, in addition, with those that are currently being developed and
investigated with the latest technology, always with the intention of improving and innovating.
The beginning was in the caveman age and it continued its advance through the great ancient
civilizations. However, due to factors such as the limited technology of the time, few
instruments and the intervention of religious institutions, they caused that the advance of
medicine until practically the 20th century was not something faster. Our search for
information culminates with an analysis of the current sutures and, also, with those that are
currently being developed and investigated with the latest technology, always with the
intention of improving and innovating.
A review of the documents is carried out that, according to our search criteria and
keywords, we have obtained a large number of articles that have allowed us to make a basic
chronology of the succession of events and characters that have intervened in the creation,
modification and perfection of these devices. Several databases have been used from those we
have obtained as much information as possible from hundreds of articles, which has resulted in
the discarding and subsequent selection of those that were valid for us to carry out the followup.