Objective: To compare the effectiveness of two types haemostatic sutures to secure bleeding in thinned out caesarean section scars. Study Design: Comparative Interventional Study. Setting: CMH Okara, Pakistan. Period: September 2019 2021. Material & Methods: Patients were divided four categories. Category I was previous one scar patients while category II scars patients. Similarly, categori...

OBJECTIVES To audit the use of compression sutures for the management of massive postpartum haemorrhage and compare outcomes to those documented in the literature. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING A regional obstetric unit in Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients with severe postpartum haemorrhage encountered over a 5-year period from January 2008 to December 2012, in which compression sutures ...

BACKGROUND The newest generation of meniscus repair devices is designed to combine the benefits of the all-inside technique with the biomechanical properties of sutures. HYPOTHESIS New flexible all-inside suture anchors have better fixation strength than rigid anchors, but there is no difference when compared to conventional horizontal and vertical mattress sutures. STUDY DESIGN Controlled ...

BACKGROUND Over the past 30 years, the preferred techniques and settings for abdominoplasty have evolved considerably, but controversy remains regarding the surgical and postoperative approaches that best limit serious complications such as seroma. OBJECTIVE The authors evaluate their 28-year experience with abdominoplasty and suggest a technique (progressive tension sutures without placement...

Wormian bones are a subset of the small intrasutural bones that lie between the cranial sutures formed by the bones of the skull vault. They are formed due to additional ossification centres in or near sutures. They are usually considered as normal variants and seem to be determined genetically in certain populations. They have been linked with rapid cranial expansion as they appear in great nu...