BACKGROUND To further reduce the invasiveness of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery the all-suture anchor has been developed. The all-suture anchor requires less bone removal and reduces the potential of loose body complications. The all-suture anchor must also have adequate biomechanical strength for the repair to heal. The hypothesis is there is no significant difference in the biomecha...

BACKGROUND We present a simple technique of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using a spinal needle and suture loop. METHODS With the arthroscope laterally, a spinal needle looped with PDS is inserted percutaneously into the shoulder posteriorly and penetrated through the healthy posterior cuff tear margin. Anteriorly, another spinal needle loaded with PDS is inserted percutaneously to engage ...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous sutures should provide good wound eversion, firm closure, and cosmetically elegant results. Simple running sutures are commonly employed in cutaneous surgery but may not always be effective in achieving wound eversion. OBJECTIVE We compared the cosmetic results of simple running nonabsorbable sutures with running horizontal mattress sutures in primary closures of facial d...

One hundred and fifty consecutive patients undergoing colonic surgery were randomized into two groups: 71 underwent hand-suture with a two-layer anastomosis of resorbable suture material (3/0 Dexon) and 79 were fitted with the biofragmentable anastomotic ring (Valtrac-BAR). Five patients, two treated using the BAR and three by suturing, developed anastomotic leakage which required a Hartmann-ty...

Interosseous sutures exhibit highly variable patterns of interdigitation and corrugation. Recent research has identified fundamental molecular mechanisms of suture formation, and computer models have been used to simulate suture morphogenesis. However, the role of bone strain in the development of complex sutures is largely unknown, and measuring suture morphologies beyond the evaluation of fra...

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a technically challenging procedure. Accessory arthroscopic portals have been described that allow for optimal suture anchor placement, suture management, and knot tying. We describe here the usefulness of an accessory posteromedial portal that facilitates direct suture retrieval through the posterior aspect of a rotator cuff tear. This portal is created appr...

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...

PURPOSE To characterise the results of the largest patient series to date undergoing closed conjunctival delayed adjustable suture techniques. METHODS A multicentre retrospective review of 440 operations (patients aged 10-91 years) by five surgeons at four centres were evaluated for surgical outcomes associated with the delayed adjustable suture technique. RESULTS 26% (116 of 440) of all pa...

This study redescribes an arthroscopic bridge technique for repair of avulsion of the posterior cruciate ligament. The procedure is performed step-to-step. In this technique we created two bone tunnels in the anterior aspect of the tibia and inferior medial of the tibia tuberosity and then create suture fixation of the fragment using the suture bridge. The arthroscopic bridge technique was used...

Surgical suture material is usually inert and nontoxic and causes minimal inflammation of tissue. However, foreign body reactions to various suture types can lead to granuloma, abscess, or even sinus formation. We report an elderly female who was incidentally detected to have a mass protruding from the incision site which was confirmed histopathologically a chronic granulomatous reaction to non...