purse-string suture

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purse-string suture

A continuous circular suture that is pulled together to invert or close an opening.

purse-string suture

a suture pattern adapted to closing of the end of a hollow viscus or fixing tissue around a tube such as a catheter. Stitches are made into the wall completely surrounding the orifice but without entering the lumen of the viscus. The suture is tightened and tied with the free end of the viscus returned back inside the purse-string.

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