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Fig. 2 | BMC Surgery

Fig. 2

From: Use of barbed sutures in robotic bariatric bypass surgery: a single-center case series

Fig. 2

Nodal points of the running suture in robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, a Start of gastrojejunostomy with 2–0 Stratafix. Positioning of the small intestine loop with arm 4. b Continuous seromuscular suture. c Use of a second thread from the right corner. d Reversal of the stitch direction for knot-free fixation of the thread. e Start of jejunojejunostomy with Stratafix 3–0. f Complete closure of the enterotomy before stitch reversal. Exposure by means of the statically used arm 4

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