Sutures Used In Cesarean Section

Types of c section closures since you ll receive two incisions one in your abdomen and one in your uterus your surgeon will close both incisions.

Sutures used in cesarean section. Incidence of wound complications related to cesarean section is between 3 and 30 suture materials have different properties and may impact healing infection poliglecaprone 25 a monofilament suture has an absorption profile of 91 119 days polyglactin 910 a braided suture has an absorption profile of 56 70 days. Interrupted if the primary sutures were continuous continuous if primary sutures were interrupted. Caesarean surgery suture kit cs kit contains three different types of suture material which is used in caesarean surgeries.

The round body needle is used for endo dermis closure. Retention sutures are placed about 2 inches from each edge of the wound. The uterus is closed in two layers using a large such as 2 0 or 0 absorbable suture something like a chromic gut the fascia is closed using a heavy suture such as a 3 0 ethibond.

With regard to skin closure the skin incision can be re approximated by a subcuticular suture immediately below the skin layer by an interrupted suture or by staples. Dissolvable stitches are used to close your.