![Closure of the Crural Opening Closure of the Crural Opening](https://www.sages.org/wp-content/uploads/image-library-thumbnails/32348.jpg)
The crural opening is closed with simple, interrupted nonabsorbable suture (0 Ethibond). For large defects, pledgets and/or bioprosthetic mesh may be used.
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