Myomectomy - Closing the abdominal and skin incisions

This is part of a video series within a learning module about myomectomy designed for OBGYN residents at St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College. This video features an interview with Dr. Malede Birara, Assistant Professor within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The full learning moduled is available at http://open.umich.edu/education/med/oernetwork/med/ob-gyn/myomectomy/2013. The video and learning module are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 3.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/. The video was filmed by Kathleen Omollo from University of Michigan and Yetemwork Abay Benti from St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College.

Myomectomy: Closing the abdominal and skin incisions

(English captions by Margaret Ann Murphy.)

Close the abdomen in layers, which means

first the fascia, followed by the subcutaneous tissue, and then the skin

[Words on screen, left to right: skin- fascia- subcutaneous tissue- muscle-]

Instructor: Dr. Malede Birara, St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC). Filming and Editing by Kathleen Omollo University of Michigan, and Yetemwork Abay Benti, SPHMMC