Bowel injury resulting from vaginal vault closure with a barbed suture: An underestimated risk

Affiliations

• ¹ Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Abdominal, Pediatric and Plastic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: Wiebren.Tjalma@uza.be.
• ² Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Abdominal, Pediatric and Plastic Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic Antwerpen & Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Belgium.