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Volume 43, Issue 23, Page 6 (1 December 2008)


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Horizontal Mattress Stitch May Avert Mesh Extrusion

DOUG BRUNK (San Diego Bureau)

LAS VEGAS — The horizontal mattress stitch appears to be superior to the continuous running stitch in the prevention of mesh extrusions in the treatment of vaginal prolapse with polypropylene mesh, a single-center study demonstrated.

PII: S0029-7437(08)70706-7

doi:10.1016/S0029-7437(08)70706-7


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