Aims: Surgical incisions have been performed by a scalpel for many years, and today the use of an alternative method, catheter incision, is increasing daily. This study aimed to evaluate the complications of use of electrocautery and scalpel in surgical incisions of the abdominal wall in hysterectomy surgery Materials and Methods: The present study is single-blind that was performed on 92 elig...

Surgical site infection (SSI) continues to be an issue in abdominal surgery, especially for contaminated (class III) and dirty-infected (class IV) wounds. Vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) was reported effective in the management of various types of wounds or skin grafts. Our goal was to investigate the efficacy of prophylactic VSD to better orient their medicosurgical care of high-risk incisions f...

The indications for surgical decompression of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) are not clearly defined, but undoubtedly some patients benefit from it. In patients without recent abdominal incisions, it can be achieved with full-thickness laparostomy (either midline, or transverse subcostal) or through a subcutaneous linea alba fasciotomy. In spite of the improvement in physiological variabl...

APRIL 2006 I CATARACT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY TODAY I 27 A dvances in technology have greatly improved ophthalmologists’ ability to approach difficult cases with confidence. With the advent of capsular tension rings, iris and capsular hooks, and numerous viscoelastic devices, cataract surgery has become safer and more predictable. Among the most important recent technological advances, however, ha...

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SIL-C) is a surgical procedure that emphasizes esthetic outcomes. The method used for making the incision in umbilical region, as sole wound site, of utmost importance, not only because it determines outcome, which merit SIL-C, but also greatly influences operability forceps. In large important to reduce restrictions on procedures resulting from int...

PURPOSE To investigate the effect of zinc sulphate administered by transdermal iontophoresis (TDI) on mechanical resistance of surgical wounds performed in the skin of diabetic rats. METHODS One hundred and sixty male Wistar rats weighing approximately 250 g were submitted to an incision surgery at the anterior region of abdomen and randomly distributed into four experimental groups with 40 n...

BACKGROUND The development of minimally invasive cardiac surgery has been characterized by the performance of increasingly complex operations through progressively smaller incisions. Computer (robotic) enhancement has emerged as a potential facilitator of these procedures, initially by providing enhanced endoscopic camera control and, more recently, by allowing the manipulation of surgical inst...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) due to thoracic trauma is a rare disorder. Surgical treatment of TOS is especially rare. We report here a case of traumatic TOS caused by right 1st rib and clavicular fracture after a traffic accident. The patient underwent first rib resection and open reduction with fixation of the clavicle through axillary and supraclavicular incisions.

About one-third of people in the developed world will undergo cataract surgery in their lifetime. Although marked improvements in surgical technique have occurred since the development of the current approach to lens replacement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, some critical steps of the procedure can still only be executed with limited precision. Current practice requires manual formation of...