A Technique for Knotting Looped Polydiaxone During Abdominal Wound Closure

Modified midline abdominal wound closure technique in complicated/high risk laparotomies.

OBJECTIVE To assess the local wound complications in complicated/ high risk laparotomies in terms of wound dehiscence and incisional hernia formation with a modified technique of midline abdominal wound closure. STUDY DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of General Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Bahawal Nagar Cantonment, May 2006 to June 2008. METH...

S-shaped Wound Closure Technique for Dumbbell-shaped Keloids

Dog-ear collection, Z-plasty, and W-plasty are often performed for excision of dumbbell-shaped keloids; however, these procedures require additional incisions or excision of normal skin. Thus, an S-shaped wound closure technique was performed. The keloid lesions were extralesionally excised above the deep fascia, and the wound edges were shifted in opposite directions along the major axis to fo...

A Novel Technique of Vacuum-assisted Wound Closure That Functions as a Delayed Primary Closure.

Contaminated midline abdominal wounds are often left open and allowed to close via secondary intention to prevent surgical site infections. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) devices have decreased time of healing by secondary intention when compared to the prior standard of moist dressings. The authors report a modification of NPWT that utilizes the unique characteristics of the negative ...

A Simple and Safe Extracorporeal Knotting Technique

INTRODUCTION Extracorporeal knotting in laparoscopic surgery can be used in certain situations or as a bridge to mastering more technically demanding intracorporeal suturing. We describe a simple, easy, and safe extracorporeal knotting technique. TECHNIQUE DESCRIPTION A simple knotting technique, borrowed from the art of tatting, is used. DISCUSSION This very simple and safe technique has b...

A half blooded knot for wound closure