Z seam

Z seam

The Z-suture is a surgical suture technique that is used, for example, in an appendectomy . The stump of the appendix is after stopping the inflamed organ via a purse-string suture in the cecum sunk and then secured by an overlying Z-seam.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl-Heinz Reutter (ed.), Reinhard Baumann et all: Chirurgie Essentials: Intensive course for further training . Georg Thieme Verlag, 5th edition, Stuttgart 2004 ( on Google Books )
2. ↑ Hans Arnholdt: abdominal surgery . Schattauer 1998, ISBN 9783794515905 , p. 711.

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