GAUZE MESH FOR INSECTARIES

Comparison of Celox Gauze haemostat with kaolin based gauze

Objectives: Uncontrolled hemorrhage remains a leading cause of traumatic death. Several topicaladjunct agents have been shown to be effective in controlling hemorrhage, and two, chitosan waferdressing (HemCon [HC]) and zeolite powder dressing (QuikClot [QC]), are being utilized regularly on thebattlefield. However, recent literature reviews have concluded that no ideal topical agent...

Gauze Strip Tourniquet for Nail Surgery

All nail surgical procedures require the use of a tourniquet. The nail bed, being a very vascular structure, needs to be exsanguinated at the start and then a tourniquet needs to be tied at the base. A number of tourniquets have been described, including a Foley's catheter, a Penrose drain, a rubber strip or a rubber band. The present article explains the use of the easily available, improvised...

Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan Gauze for Control of Massive Hemorrhage

Laparoscopic removal of retained surgical gauze.

Received February 2009 Accepted August 2009 INTRODUCTION Term of gossypiboma (textiloma, cottonoid, gauzoma, and muslinoma) is used to describe a retained surgical pad or gauze in the body after an operation. Retained postoperative foreign bodies, of which sponges are the most common, is a preventable condition and almost always iatrogenic.(1,2) Gossypiboma may present acutely or subacutely and...

Hazards of tubular gauze finger dressings.

Fig. 1 A typical tubular dress. But is it as safe as you think? To the Editor, Tubular gauze finger dressing is a commonly applied wound covering (Fig. 1). The total number of applications per year is unknown. In many emergency and clinic situations, its application is delegated to the more junior clinic staff. How much training with this material the people using it have is another unknown. Se...