title: Experience with a mass closure technique using continuous looped polyglyconate absorbable suture.
abstract: An extensive experience (561 patients) with a mass closure technique at laparotomy using continuous No.0 Maxon on a double-stranded suture looped and swaged on a curved taper needle (C-60) to place a near knot-free continuous far-far and near-near buried retention suture is reported as safe and efficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine 92613-4091.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: DiSaia
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Creasman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eddy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011108:Polymers; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; C046409:polyglyconate