A suturing method without exposure of barbs on the wound surface using a unidirectional barbed monofilament absorbable suture (STRATAFIX™) in laparoscopic myomectomy: A feasibility study

• Main Authors: Yoshiaki Ota (Author), Kuniaki Ota (Author), Toshifumi Takahashi (Author), Soichiro Suzuki (Author), Rikiya Sano (Author), Mitsuru Shiota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: 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). Materials and Methods: This was a retrospectiv...