The simple continuous is an appositional suture pattern.
The cruciate, Gambee, intradermal/subcuticular, and simple interrupted are also appositional patterns. Appositional sutures are commonly used to close the skin, subcutis, fascia, and viscera.
Connell, Cushing, Halsted, and Lembert are inverting suture patterns. Inverting suture patterns are sometimes used to close hollow organs.
Horizontal and vertical mattress patterns are commonly used to support tissues apposed under tension, and may be appositional or everting based on placement technique.
A purse string suture is typically used to tighten tissues circumferentially around a central point.
