METHOD OF FIXATION OF SUBCUTANEOUS FAT FOLLOWING MESHED PROSTHESIS HERNIOPLASTY Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61B17/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly to surgical herniology of anterior abdominal wall, and can follow hernioplasty of ventral, inguinal and umbilical hernias. It involves contrary continuous multi-stitch suturing extending the length of a wound in a plane of the dissection of subcutaneous fat and fascial-aponeurotic layer. The suturing starts at the distance from a preparation border of subcutaneous fat and fascial-aponeurotic layer inside by sticking a suturing needle in fascial-aponeurotic formation and out therefrom and delivering the suture along subcutaneous fat circumferentially to be fixed in a knot.

EFFECT: method ensures leveling the space between subcutaneous fat and fascial-aponeurotic layer of external muscles of anterior abdominal wall, that in turn prevents accumulation of exudate and blood clots, formation of seromas and postoperative wound infection, close wound edges, enables a primary-tension wound healing.

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