Open AccessA suturing method without exposure of barbs on the wound surface using a unidirectional barbed monofilament absorbable suture (STRATAFIX™) in laparoscopic myomectomy: A feasibility study
Author(s) -
Yoshiaki Ota,
Kuniaki Ota,
Toshifumi Takahashi,
Soichiro Suzuki,
Rikiya Sano,
Mitsuru Shiota
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gynecology and minimally invasive therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.441
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2213-3089
pISSN - 2213-3070
DOI - 10.4103/gmit.gmit_105_20
Subject(s) - barbed suture , medicine , surgery , fibrous joint , blood loss , absorbable suture
We examined whether a new suturing method that used a single-thread unidirectional barbed suture without exposing the barbs on the wound surface was acceptable compared with the conventional suture method during laparoscopic myomectomy (LM).