Postoperative small intestinal obstruction caused by barbed suture after robot-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy.

Haruka TakagiNaoki WadaShun MorishitaMiyu OhtaniTakeya KittaHidehiro KakizakiDaisuke KohroTatsuya Shonaka

Published in: IJU case reports (2023)

We recommend the use of conventional absorbable sutures in the peritoneal cavity because of the potential risk of intestinal obstruction caused by the barbed suture.