title: [Technical options for suturing large wounds of the corporeal wall].
abstract: Large wounds of the corporeal wall due to extensive traumas, tumor excisions or prolonged laparostomies are surgical challenges with difficult solutions. We show on this paper that wedge approximations of large wounds using elastic rubber band kept under moderate tension is a simple alternative, with great efficacious and low cost, that can be used in many surgical circumstances.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia da Faculdade de Medicina, UFMG, MG, BR. petroian@gmail.com
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petroianu
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures