by thisfissurecankissmybutt » 23 Aug 2012, 19:47
No, I wasn't able to see the stitches. I wanted to, but personally I didn't think it was a good idea to go poking around down there too much! I had a closed LIS, with a single stitch. From what I understand, both approaches are equally effective and simply a matter of preference. One of the CRS's in my practice performs open LIS's and another one performs closed LIS's. Go figure.
Thankfully, I didn't have much packing, either (and it was all external). I've heard horror stories about people having to remove the internal packing after surgery.