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What happens to the sutures?

Asked by rowenaz (2436points) July 31st, 2009

I had a mesh put in during a hernia repair, and they used some sutures to secure it to my abdominal wall. What will happen to the internal suture material? Will it deteriorate? Be absorbed by the body? Don’t have my followup appointment for 2 weeks and was curious about this now!

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