Ligature (medicine)

In surgery or medical procedure, a ligature consists of a piece of thread (suture) tied around an anatomical structure, usually a blood vessel, another hollow structure (e.g. urethra) or an accessory skin tag to shut it off.

[3] Spanish Muslim doctor Al-Zahrawi described the procedure around the year 1000 in his book Kitab al-Tasrif.

[4] The concept of a ligature was reintroduced some 500 years later by Ambroise Paré and first performed by him in the village of Damvillers.

[7] Home remedies include commercial ligation bands that can be placed around the base of skin tags.

[8] Complications of ligation in polydactyly treatment include infection, neuroma or cyst formation.