ABSTRACT
HISTORICAL NOTES AND EVOLUTION A reliable history of the uterine suture is reported by Piero Gall in The Abdominal Caesarean Delivery: “Suturing was performed with silk thread until the American Frank E. Polin (1852) began using silver thread to great effect. The use of silver thread was later adopted by John Parker (England) and Harris (United States). In 1872 Veit successfully applied in 2 cases catgut, which was already applied in surgery. By contrast Martin had 4 lethal outcomes due to faulty catgut preparation. This was therefore followed by a return to silver thread” (Figure 6.1) [1].
