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It was reported that "the doctor was performing a sacrospinous ligament fixation procedure, in which a suture is placed through that ligament.The doctor reported that once he applied tension to the suture, the suture broke in half.The doctor was able to complete the surgery successfully however, he had to go through 2-3 more additional sutures breaking before getting ones that held up.He described the characteristic/performance of the failed sutures as brittle.A new suture of the same type was used".No patient harm or injury.No part of the broken suture remained in the patient.See associated mdrs #3004365956-2023-00045, 3004365956-2023-00046, 3004365956-2023-00043.
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