This study aimed to compare patients' satisfaction and outcome of caesarean section wound closure by skin staples and subcuticular suture at discharge and 6 weeks of postoperation. It was a randomized controlled trial of pregnant women scheduled for caesarean section at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, allocating them to wound closure by skin staples or subcuticular suture. Pai...

Craniosynostosis, the premature closure of cranial suture, is a pathologic condition that affects 1/2000 live births. Saethre-Chotzen syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by craniosynostosis. The Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, which is defined by loss-of-function mutations in the TWIST gene, is the second most prevalent craniosynostosis. Although much of the genetics and phenotypes in crani...

IMPORTANCE Incision and buried suture are 2 primary techniques for creating double eyelids. The incision method is suitable for all kinds of eyelids, but operational trauma and prolonged recovery time limit its application. The non-incision approach can shape a natural and vivid crease with a relatively short recovery time. However, it is not suitable for patients with puffy eyelids, and in tho...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to prove, whether the intracutaneous skin closure with self made fishing line suture is equivalent to commercial sutures. DESIGN It was a randomised blinded animal study. SETTING The study was performed in December 2002 at the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences in Dar-es-salaam. SUBJECTS Both German surgeons from Mannheim, and Tanzanian sur...

Objective: To compare the efficiency of ligasure vessel-sealing system with conventional sutures ligation method in vaginal hysterectomy. Methods: A randomized clinical trial (RCT) was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at King Hussein Medical Centre in Jordan between March 2010 and May 2012. A total of 100 patients for vaginal hysterectomy were recruited in this study: li...

BACKGROUND All-soft tissue suture anchors provide advantages of decreased removal of bone and decreased glenoid volume occupied compared with traditional tap or screw-in suture anchors. Previous published data have led to biomechanical concerns with the use of first-generation all-soft suture anchors. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to evaluate the load to 2-mm displacement a...

To the Editors of THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. SIRs,-I have read with interest Mr. Affieck Greeves' letter in the correspondence section of the July number criticising the corneoscleral suture in cataract extraction. (See Brit. Ji. of Ophthal., May, 1938.) I agree with his preference for a conjunctival stitch on the grounds that a more liberal conjunctival flap is obtainable by this me...

This study describes the mechanical role that cranial sutures play in fish during feeding. The long-term goal of our work is to establish relationships between suture form and function, so that functional inferences can be made from suture morphology in fossil taxa. To this end, strain gauges were surgically implanted across selected sutures in the skull roof of four individuals of Polypterus e...

BACKGROUND Static facial suspension (SFS) continues to play a role for rehabilitation in patients with facial paralysis. We perform SFS almost exclusively with a suture technique in our practice. Monofilament polypropylene suture (Prolene) is commonly used for SFS, but we have witnessed occasional failure and some stretching with this material. The purpose of this study was to establish and com...