| 摘要 |
<p>METHOD OF CLOSURE FOR THORACOTOMY AND THORASCOPY INCISIONS A method of closing a thoracic incision includes providing a barbed suture and threading the suture around first and second ribs of a chest wall in a generally S-shaped configuration to close an incision positioned therebetween. The barbed suture is threaded through the chest wall by introducing the barbed suture through a first terminal tissue layer and around a surface of the first rib that is facing a second terminal tissue layer, passing the barbed suture across the incision and around a surface of the second rib that is facing the first terminal tissue layer, and withdrawing the barbed suture through the second terminal tissue layer. A second barbed suture may be threaded through the chest wall in a complementary S-shaped configuration in which the second barbed suture enters and exits the chest wall through the opposing terminal tissue layer from that of the first barbed suture. 212b 216b 220b 220a 216a .214a 200 210 210214b 212a sRs R -V" 100'N FIG. 3</p> |
