Recommended Gynecologic and Obstetric surgery suture
Gynecologic and Obstetric surgery refers to procedures that are performed to treat a variety of conditions affecting the female reproductive organs.
Gynecology is a broader field, focusing on the general health care of women and treating conditions that affect the female reproductive organs. Obstetrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
There are a wide range of surgical procedures that have been developed to treat the various conditions that affect the female reproductive organs. Some common surgical procedures include:
1.Perineal Incision and Suturing Technique. It is the most common obstetric surgery. The aim is to decrease the obstruction in childbirth to avoid the serious damage of perineum or widen the sight in the surgery.
Lateral episiotomy
Suturing vaginal mucosa
Suturing muscular layer
Suturing the skin
WEGO PGA Rapid suture is made of 100% Polyglycolic Acid under USP2#-USP6/0. Its tensile strength retention-days is 7 days post implantation 55% and 14 days post implantation 20% and 21 days post implantation 5%. It’s useful for wound healing of perineal side cutting and suturing layers. The following is different WEGO RPGA sutures for different suturing layers.
Suturing layers |
Tissue characters |
Thread material |
USP |
Thread length |
Needle |
Needle |
Suture code |
Vaginal wall perineal mucosa |
Thick, firm and full bood provision |
WEGO RPGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
K21372 |
WEGO RPGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper cut |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
K27372 |
||
Fascia muscle layer |
The dense fibrous tissue is subcutaneous |
WEGO RPGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
K21372 |
WEGO RPGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper cut |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
K27372 |
||
Skin |
The skin is thin but dense and sensitive to suture |
WEGO RPGA |
3/0 |
90 cm |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 24 mm |
K33243 |
2.Caesarean Section. It is the surgery of getting the baby and accessories from the opening abdominal wall and uterus wall when the pregnancy is greater than 28 weeks. It is also applied widely in clinical obstetric surgery and become one of the important ways of dealing with high risk and abnormal pregnancy. In a certain extent, it decrease the death rate of pregnant and maternal women and perinatal babies.
WEGO PGA& Polypropylene sutures are suitable for this surgery. The following is different sutures for different suturing layers.
Suturing layers |
Thread material |
USP |
Thread length |
needle |
Needle data |
Suture code |
Uterus |
PGA |
0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 40 mm |
G11402 |
1 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 40 mm |
GB1402 |
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Abdominal peritoneum |
PGA |
0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 4 0mm |
G11402 |
PGA |
1 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 40 mm |
GB1402 |
|
Rectus abdominis |
PGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 40 mm |
G21402 |
PGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
G21372 |
|
Fascia |
PGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 40 mm |
G21402 |
PGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
G21372 |
|
Sub cutaneous tissue |
PGA |
2/0 |
90 cm |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
G21372 |
Skin |
PGA |
3/0 |
75 cm |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 24 mm |
G33243 |
PGA |
4/0 |
75 cm |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 19 mm |
G43193 |
|
PP |
3/0 |
45cm |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 24 mm |
P33243 |
|
PP |
4/0 |
45cm |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 19 mm |
P43193 |
3.Ovarian cyst removal. Ovarian Tumor is common gynecological fibroids which occupies about 33% of fibroids on the female genitalia. And , in the recent 40 years, the risk of ovarian negative tumor increases for twice to 3 times as before and increase the risk as time goes by. It is 20% of negative gynecological fibroids,and its death risk is on the top of negative gynecological fibroids. Ovarian cyst is one of positive ovarian tumors which is 75% of the ovarian tumors and its feature is cystic. The following is different sutures for different suturing layers.
Position |
Products recommeded |
USP |
NEEDLE |
NEEDLE DATA |
THREAD LENGTH |
CODE |
Ovary suturing |
PGA |
2/0 |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 37 mm |
90 cm |
G21372 |
PGA |
3/0 |
Taper point |
1/2 circle 22 mm |
75 cm |
G31222 |
|
Trocar suturing |
PGA |
2/0 |
Taper point |
5/8 circle 26 mm |
75 cm |
G21265 |
PGA |
0 |
Taper point |
5/8 circle 26 mm |
75 cm |
G11265 |
|
Skin |
PGA |
4/0 |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 19 mm |
75 cm |
G43193 |
PGA |
3/0 |
Reverse cutting |
3/8 circle 24 mm |
75 cm |
G33243 |