Max Saenger (or Sänger) (1853-1903) was a gynecologist in Prague who invented a method of suturing the uterus.
Terms
Sänger's suture - the closure of the uterine wound in caesarean section by eight or ten deep silver wire sutures, and the use of twenty or more superficial stitches taken through the peritoneum.
Sänger's operation - caesarean section in which the uterus is taken out through a long abdominal cut before the fetus is removed.
The Illustrated American Medical Dictionary (1938)
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