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...

We present results to show that a commercially available polypropylene suture filament (Ethicon Prolene), following annealing and tensile creep can, after load removal, release viscoelastically stored energy over period of several weeks. Specifically, 0.1–1000 h, the undergoes time-dependent contraction ~4% and, short recovery time (~3 min) fixed strain, produces progressively increasing force ...

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...

Rękas et al. 1report on a new technique for lavage of predescemetic hemorrhage and blood clot removal after canalostomy assisted using the iTrack microcatheter (Ellex, Inc.). We have been using canaloplasty since 2006. In the beginning we used a 6-0 polypropylene suture for the catheterization of Schlemm canal and placing of a tension suture. This technique was adapted from 360-degree trabeculo...

Surgical technique of total laryngectomy is well presented in many surgical textbooks. Essentially, it has remained the same since Gluck an Soerensen in 1922 described all its details. Generally, it stresses the U shape skin incision with releasing laryngeal structures and removing larynx from up to down. Further, pharyngeal reconstruction is performed with different kinds of sutures in two or ...

INTRODUCTION Pancreatic or duodenal invasion by locally advanced right colon cancer is an unusual event whose management still represents a surgical challenge. This review aims to compare results of limited vs. extended resection in case of primary right colon cancer invading pancreas and/or duodenum. METHODS A systematic search in Medline, Embase and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled T...

The incidence of patellar fractures accounts for almost 1% of all skeletal fractures. In case of a displaced patellar fracture, surgical intervention is often advocated for earlier stability, restoration of knee motion, and shortened morbidity. Among various fixations, the AO modified tension band technique, which incorporates two parallel Kirschner wires with an anterior tension band, is the m...

AIM OF THE STUDY To report a pre-suture technique in laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery (LNSS), which could help reduce and even avoid ischaemia for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January and June 2013 we treated 14 patients presenting with renal tumours. The mean age was 46 years and average tumour size was 2.4 cm in diameter determined by computed tomo...

Objective Nasal packing is routinely applied after septoplasty. Patients, however, report feeling very uncomfortable while the packing is in place. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of nasal septum suture combined with inferior turbinate coblation to the effects of nasal packing after septoplasty. Methods In this study, 135 patients undergoing septoplasty were divided into 3 gr...

The aim of the present study was to clinically evaluate the variables pain, swelling and trismus when two different suture techniques were applied in surgery of impacted lower third molars. The sample comprised 20 patients of both genders participating in the clinical trial at the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, with an indication for the removal of bilaterally impacted lower third ...