purpose: to evaluate the success rate of strabismus surgery with both adjustable and non-adjustable suture technique, moreover,also compared the success rate of these methods regardless of cause, type and amount of deviation is aand history of previous surgery. methods: in this study 296 patients were included (fromduring 2003 to 2011). patients divided in two groups; strabismus surgery with ad...

abstract background: the cosmetic result of the surgical scar has long been considered by surgeons as an important factor for patient satisfaction. on the other hand, there has been an old teaching that perfect closure of contaminated wounds increases the rate of infection. we decided to look into this matter and see if this is a fact or a myth. methods: in this prospective randomized study con...

the identity of dead is an essential part of post-mortem examination. the identification of unknown human remnants begins with the creation of an anthropological profile, which includes sex, biological age, stature and individualizing features. the estimation of age at death is based on the bodily biological changes that occur throughout life. closure of spheno occipital synchondrosis is one of...

Objectives Use of a reliable method to determine the degree of skeletal development of the mid-palatal suture is important in the choice of treatment between orthopedic maxillary expansion and surgical expansion in adolescents and young adults. The aim of this study was to review the new methods for evaluation of mid-palatal suture maturation. Methods Electronic search was conducted in PubMed ...

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...

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...

background:  few clinical trials have studied the functional and cosmetic outcomes of different closure tech- niques of surgical incisions. skin wound and incision closure methods may influence the healing process and cos- metic outcome. the present study aims at comparing three different suture techniques of skin closure. methods: in a clinical trial, sixty patients with anterior cruciate liga...

purpose: to compare the short and long-term efficacy and complications of releasable suture vs conventional interrupted suture for scleral flap in trabeculectomy. methods: in a prospective randomized clinical trial, 42 eyes of 42 consecutive patients requiring trabeculectomy for uncontrolled primary glaucoma underwent conventional trabeculectomy (group a) and trabeculectomy with releasable sutu...

closure of donor site of the flap has special problems. reduction of this site will decrease the morbidity of operation. in this study, we present our experience in donor site size reduction. methods between 2006 and 2008, 15 patients with skin and soft tissue defects underwent operation. in all patients, coverage of defect was performed with various flaps. substratum horizontal mat-tress sutur...