A weekend face lift is simply liposuction of the neck area in combination with suturing together portions of the neck to tighten up fine lines and sagging.
In cases of great dilatation of the stomach with no obstruction to the outlet the slack of the walls may be gathered up by pleating and so permanently secured by suturing.
In our case, we chose to utilize primary suture with an interrupted suturing technique.
Simple fibrous narrowing of the gateway of the stomach or of the intestine is dealt with by dividing it longitudinally and then suturing the edges of the wound transversely.
Suturing can be difficult, for the skin can be extremely fragile.
The cyst should be treated like a liver-abscess, by incision through the abdominal or thoracic wall, by circumferential suturing and by exploration and drainage.
The surgeon makes an incision on each side of the cleft from the lip to the nostril, drawing the two sides of the cleft together and suturing them together.
The time from birth through suturing may take 30 to 40 minutes.
Then the blind esophageal pouch is opened and connected with suturing (stitching) to the other portion of the esophagus, creating a normal "food pipe" directly into the stomach.