{"podcast":{"title":"Dr. Chapa's OBGYN No Spin Podcast","slug":"dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953","podcast_index_feed_id":7407953,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://drchapasobgynnospin.codeadx.me/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast/podcast_cover_20260610_040615_e5100c670a01e631427748b502e678b0.png","author":"Hector Chapa","episode_count":148,"summary":"Relevant, evidence based, and practical information for medical students, residents, and practicing healthcare providers regarding all things women’s healthcare! This podcast is intended to be clinically relevant, engaging, and FUN, because medical education should NOT be boring! PLUS...we believe that medical education should be delivered without any SPIN...Welcome, to Dr. Chapa's OBGYN No Spin Podcast! (Note: our Legacy podcast, Clinical Pearls, will no longer have new episodes uploaded through that channel, as we have now rebranded with this new adventure.)","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T00:19:48.478943+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953"},"episode":{"title":"5mm v 1-cm Fascial Closure at CS: MINI EPISODE","slug":"5mm-v-1-cm-fascial-closure-at-cs-mini-episode","published_at":"2026-06-06T18:32:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953/5mm-v-1-cm-fascial-closure-at-cs-mini-episode","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast/2892881","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/337911/2892881/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast/2026_06_06_18_32_51_34523ead-c21e-4f90-bd94-e64f59f1cb3d.mp3","summary":"Historically we were taught as surgeons that 1-centimeter bites that between suture throws on a Pfannenstiel (low transverse) fascial closure was enough to prevent hernia formation and optimize facial healing. But is this still evidence based? We can extrapolate data from a May 2026 systematic review/meta-anlysis as well as a separate study from the Dutch published in 2021. Both of these studies were in the journal Hernia. The evidence does favor one technique over the other! Listen in for details. 1. Golling M, Baumann P, Kuger F, Fortelny RH. Impact of the SUture BIte TEchnique on clinical outcomes after midline laparotomy closure: SUBITE-a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hernia. 2026 May 19;30(1):221. doi: 10.1007/s10029-026-03700-z. PMID: 42154339; PMCID: PMC13186860. 2. Paulsen CB, Zetner D, Rosenberg J. Variation in abdominal wall closure techniques in lower transverse incisions: a nationwide survey across specialties. Hernia. 2021 Apr;25(2):345-352. doi: 10.1007/s10029-020-02280-w. Epub 2020 Aug 8. PMID: 32770366.","meta_description":"Historically we were taught as surgeons that 1-centimeter bites that between suture throws on a Pfannenstiel (low transverse) fascial closure was enough t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":186,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953/episodes/5mm-v-1-cm-fascial-closure-at-cs-mini-episode/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953/5mm-v-1-cm-fascial-closure-at-cs-mini-episode.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}