The present invention relates to the sector of aesthetic medicine, and to the materials and methods for carrying out operations of general and specialized surgery, of plastic, dermatological, and aesthetic surgery, of gynaecological and/or obstetric surgery, as well as for rhinoplasty and urological and proctological surgery.More specifically, it regards a thread or suture for operations of general and specialized surgery such as plastic, dermatological, and aesthetic surgery, which is obtained by assembling together modular micro-units of well-defined shape and size, made of thermosensitive material, whichare equipped with co-operating connection means that enable coupling of said micro-units to one another in the production stage to obtain either smooth sutures or sutures provided with protuberances or barbs or protrusions, or different forms of sutures, or combinations thereof, according to the various multiple ways in which the specific modular units can be assembled or slotted together to achieve the desired length.本發明係有關於醫美領域,且有關於提供實行一般及專門手術、整型、皮膚及美容手術、婦科及/或產科手術、以及隆鼻手術和泌尿科及直腸科手術的手術操作材料及方法。更特別的是,關於一種提供一般及例如整型、皮膚及美容手術等專門手術操作用的引線或縫線,其係藉由:將自熱敏性材料所製成、形狀及大小定義明確的模組化微單元組裝在一起,並備有合作連接構件(co-operating connection means),使該微單元於製造階段中互相耦合,以根據各種可將該特定模組化單元組裝或插接一起以實現所欲長度的不同方式,而得到平滑縫線或者是設有隆凸或倒鉤或突起的縫線,或不同形式的縫線,或彼等之組合。