The effect of double W tension-reduced suture technique on the abdominal scars following the da Vinci robot-assisted gastrectomy for severely obese patients.

Journal: BMC surgery
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effect of a new type of tension-reduced suture named "double W tension-reduced suture technique" on the abdominal scars following the da Vinci robot-assisted gastrectomy for severely obese patients.

Authors

  • Wanying Chen
    Department of Plastic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130000, China.
  • Tao Jiang
    Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, China.
  • Ziming Zhong
    Department of Plastic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130000, China.
  • Xiaodong Wang
    Cardiovascular Department, TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, Tianjin, China.
  • Yang Cao
    Tianjin Institute of Health & Environmental Medicine, 1 Dali Road, Heping District, Tianjin, 300050, China.
  • Yujing Wu
    Department of Plastic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130000, China.
  • Haiyang Gai
    Department of Plastic Surgery, Jilin Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sciences, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130021, China.
  • Lianbo Zhang
    Department of Plastic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province, 130000, China.
  • Yang Yu
    Division of Cardiology, the Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.