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Dissolvable sutures with synmastia repair?

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I had my second synmastia repair with downsize (450 HP to 325 HP) this past Thursday and my surgeon uses the internal sutures that dissolve in 6 months and says the scar tissue acts as a glue to hold the repair permanently after they've dissolved. Is it true that scar tissue can act like a glue to hold the repair together? I did not have any Strattice or any other kind of matrix added to the repair. Am I right to have concerns about the use of temporary sutures for such a complicated repair?

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