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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Afr Urol. 2024 Jun;4(se1):S11–S15. doi: 10.36303/auj.0150

FIGURE 1b: Placement of pubic stitch.

FIGURE 1b:

A modified horizontal mattress stitch using #2 nylon on a large tapered needle is placed to lower risk of stitch erosion into urethra or bladder. No stitch crosses directly over the closed bladder/urethra, and the knot is on anterior side of closed pubis.