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     224                       FEMALE  UROGENITAL  SURGERIES
                       Figure  41-3  Horizontal  splitting  of  the  transverse                                                                   Figure  41-5                      Submucosal  tissue  closure  using  a
                      urethral  fold  and  caudal  extension  of  the  vaginal                                                                    simple  continuous  pattern.
                       mucosa  incision  ( dotted  line)  along  the left  and  right
                      vaginal  walls.
                                                                                                                                                  A
                                                                                                                                                                                      B
                                                                                                                                                  Figure  41-6                   A, Eversion  of the  dorsal  mucosal  layer
                       Figure 41-4  Inversion  of the ventral  mucosal  layer                                                                     using a continuous  horizontal  mattress pattern.  B, Close-
                      using  a Connell  pattern.                                                                                                  up view  of the  completed  three-layer  closure.





