They closed my skin incision on my first c - section with it too — and it was nearly impossible to see the scar after it healed.
Not exact matches
The outer
incision — the one you can see on your
skin — is
closed with stitches or staples.
In one controlled trial of surgery for angina, half the people with the condition underwent an operation in which doctors merely made a
skin incision and
closed it up; in the other half, the patients had a particular kind of bypass.
The
incision was sealed by double layer suturing whereby the muscle layer was
closed with polydiaxanone (PDS) and the
skin layer with nylon, utilizing the smallest adequate gauge suture.
The
skin needed to stretch to
close the
incision.
Doctors may prefer absorbable stitches, surgical staples, or even
skin glue to
close the
incision.
The
skin incision is
closed with stitches or surgical adhesive.
Some veterinarians never place
skin stitches and prefer to
close the
incision with buried stitches that are internal.
We do not use
skin sutures but will have surgical glue available for
incisions that don't
close perfectly with a sub-cuticular suture.
The spay
incision is
closed in several layers (the abdominal muscles, the tissue under the
skin, and the
skin itself may all be
closed separately).
The biggest problem occurs when mast cell tumors are on the extremities (legs) where insufficient extra
skin may be left to
close the
incision after the tumor is removed.
A period of 3 - 5 weeks is generally allowed between surgeries to ensure stretching of the
skin so that there is room to
close the second
incision.
Skin glue may be used sparingly for
incisions that don't
close perfectly.
Some veterinarians never place
skin stitches and prefer to
close the
incision with «buried» stitches which are internal.
Since free - roaming cats will be returned to their environments the day following surgery and
close follow - up is not generally possible, most surgeons prefer to make small
incisions and ensure that they are securely
closed without the use of
skin sutures.