| 摘要 |
A surgical aid to facilitate wound closure particularly, but not exclusively, in the abdominal region. The surgical aid includes a body portion and a tail portion. At least the body portion is made predominantly of a planar, flexible and resiliently stretchable material, preferably surgical grade silicone. In a preferred embodiment the surgical aid is fish shaped, having a roughly elliptical body and a smaller elliptical tail. The body and tail portions are integrally formed from a single sheet of surgical grade silicone. The invention also provides a method of using the surgical aid wherein the body portion is inserted into the wound prior to closure to act as a physical barrier between the peritoneum and the viscera. The peritoneum and posterior rectus sheath is then closed by suturing over the body portion. When the closure is almost complete, the body portion is withdrawn using the tail portion as a handle. The closure can then be completed. The surgical aid serves to make wound closure faster, easier and safer by reducing the risk of needle stick injury to the operating staff and needle perforation injury to the patient.
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