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

Wiebren A Tjalma¹, Niels Komen¹, Christine De Bruyn¹+1

• ¹Multidisciplinary 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.