. Plexus. Eig. 4—Suture of the superficial layer. #. Fig. 5.—Suture of the sac. Suture of the Abdominal Wall. 41 » the fascia back from the edge of4wound and drawn tightly up tothe knot, and the wound is closed by the continuous herring-bonesuture. At the last stitch the suture is shirred up tightly,grasped by a smooth pointed dissecting forceps at its exit fromthe fascia, and another reverse bow-knot tied below the point ofthe forceps. With practice this can be done without a particleof slack being left in the suture. It can be tied in this manner asclosely as in the ordinary method of tying


. Plexus. Eig. 4—Suture of the superficial layer. #. Fig. 5.—Suture of the sac. Suture of the Abdominal Wall. 41 » the fascia back from the edge of4wound and drawn tightly up tothe knot, and the wound is closed by the continuous herring-bonesuture. At the last stitch the suture is shirred up tightly,grasped by a smooth pointed dissecting forceps at its exit fromthe fascia, and another reverse bow-knot tied below the point ofthe forceps. With practice this can be done without a particleof slack being left in the suture. It can be tied in this manner asclosely as in the ordinary method of tying a continuous layer being securely fastened takes all of the tention fromthe other layers. The ends are allowed to hangout at the anglesof the wound. This suture is removed in two or more traction on the free ends unties the knots, when thesuture is removed in the same manner as the peritoneal suture. The skin is closed by the Halstead subcuticular stitch () of silkworm gut colored red for identification by alc


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