to sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both
Examples of 'oversewn' in a sentence
oversewn
Specific bleeding vessels were then selectively oversewn and the collecting system repaired.
Kevin Lah, Devang Desai, Charles Chabert, Christian Gericke, Troy Gianduzzo 2015, 'Early vascular unclamping reduces warm ischaemia time in robot-assisted laparoscopicpartial nephrectomy [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/570]', F1000Researchhttp://f1000research.com/articles/4-108/v1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The aneurysm was resected and oversewn at the origin from the abdominal aorta.
Tetsuro Uchida, MD, PhD, Azumi Hamasaki, MD, PhD, Yoshinori Kuroda, MD, Atsushi Yamashita,MD, Jun Hayashi, MD, Mitsuaki Sadahiro, MD, PhD 2017, 'Surgical repair of a celiac artery aneurysm using a sutureless proximal anastomosisdevice', Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniqueshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428717300540. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An intra-operative air leak was evident in one patient, whose anastomosis was oversewn intracorporeally and defunctioned by ileostomy.
Goriainov Vitali, Miles Andrew 2008, 'Anastomotic leak rate and outcome for laparoscopic intra-corporeal stapled anastomosis',Journal of Minimal Access Surgeryhttp://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2008;volume=4;issue=2;spage=39;epage=43;aulast=Goriainov. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)