results the hemostasis time for the ferric chloride concentration group was significantly less than for the control group (p < 0.001). materials and methods in this animal model study, 60 male wistar rats were used. an incision, 2 cm long and 0.5 cm deep was made on rat skin and the hemostasis time was recorded using ferric chloride at different concentrations (5%, 10%, 15%, 25%, and 50%) and t...

To the Editor: Intimal hyperplasia surrounding the suture line remains the leading cause of graft failure after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and peripheral vascular bypass surgery. Immunosuppressive drugs, such as tacrolimus, have been shown to inhibit the development of intimal hyperplasia (1,2). We have developed a novel drug-eluting suture coated with tacrolimus (DE-suture). The purp...

Letters Laparoscopic removal of abdominal cervical suture Editor, Cervical incompetence is diagnosed in 0.1-1% of all pregnancies and in 8% of women with repeated (two or more) mid-trimester pregnancy loss. 1 Cervical cerclage should be offered to patients with three or more pregnancies ending before 37 weeks gestation 2 as there is a strong body of clinical evidence suggesting that cervical ce...

Letters Laparoscopic removal of abdominal cervical suture Editor, Cervical incompetence is diagnosed in 0.1-1% of all pregnancies and in 8% of women with repeated (two or more) mid-trimester pregnancy loss. 1 Cervical cerclage should be offered to patients with three or more pregnancies ending before 37 weeks gestation 2 as there is a strong body of clinical evidence suggesting that cervical ce...

Laminar closure is associated with expansive open-door laminoplasty. Suture anchor fixation and titanium miniplate fixation are used to prevent laminar reclosure. However, few studies have compared the clinical effects of the 2 fixation methods. The authors performed a prospective study of 55 patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy who underwent single open-door laminoplasty with suture a...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the in vitro repair integrity of massive rotator cuff tears fixed with transosseous tunnel and single-lateral row suture anchor techniques. METHODS A 5 x 2-cm crescent-shaped rotator cuff tear was created in 6 matched pairs of cadaveric shoulders. Paired shoulders were repaired with 3 transosseous tunnels and 6 Mason-Allen sutures or with 3 scr...

Abstract Among surgical procedures, suturing is considered simple. However, in some situations, not easy or feasible. Here, we present proof of concept a new self-tightening needle-less suture made NiTi alloy. The device designed to overcome two demanding steps traditional suturing: needle introduction and manual knotting. Our novel composed only short wire that able change shape by exploiting ...

Adjustable suture in strabismus surgery is a way to get accurate alignment of the eyes after operation. This technique is used in cooperative patients, being either adults or children. We report the result of this technique in 120 patients, 70 with esotropia and 50 exotropia. The amount of deviation was between 20 and 60 prismdiopters. The patients were mostly adults and teenagers. and the...

introduction: this study was carried out to compare the effect of different suture removal time on surgical wound healing. materials and methods: twenty-one male albino rabbits were used. under general and local anesthesia a moucoperiosteal rectangular flap was raised in each animal and then repositioned and sutured. the animals were randomly divided into three experimental groups of seven anim...

The size and shape of the lens fibres were estimated by specular reflex photography. The fibres were measured in three separate regions. Peripheral fibres have a mean width of 10.2 micron, the central fibres 11.9 micron, and the central fibres with suture 15.8 micron. Measurements were made of the taper (becoming narrower towards the suture) and flare (becoming wider towards the suture). The pe...