Cleveland Clinic Department of General Surgery
Dr. R. Michael Walsh common mass closure promoted as 'common practice' even though it causes a painful abdominal wall deformity, definitive studies not done, it's tradition - ombuds expert, and layered closures take a fe
Common mass continuous suture closure of abdominal wall surgeries (appendectomy, laparotomy, etc) has clinical trade-offs in complications of chronic pain, abdominal wall deformities, and abdominal rigidity from closing fascia/muscles that contract in different direction within a common seam. [It's ...