DRY IODINE CATGUT

Silk, Catgut, and Wound Infections *

Whether absorbable or non-absorbable suture material should be used in the repair of wounds has long been a highly controversial subject. Popular favor has swung from one extreme to the other repeatedly in the last century. Lord Lister was responsible for the initial popularity of catgut, just as Kocher was one of the first to abandon its use in favor of a non-absorbable material, i.e., silk. H...

Buried Silk, Catgut and Strabismus Sutures.

Cross-contaminator exclusion test for dry-ashing determination of protein-bound iodine.

XIDATION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL as a preliminary to determination of iodine, whether by wet or dry methods, entails loss of iodine if insufficient organic matter is present during the reaction (1, 2, 3). In blood serum, the organic content suffices to prevent this loss when the amount of iodine in the specimen is in the range found in physiological or pathological sera, 0-30 pg./100 ml., as has be...

Acupoint Catgut Embedding for Obesity: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) was applied widely to antiweight in China. The aim of this review is to estimate the effectiveness and safety of ACE on obesity. A literature search was conducted in PubMed, Cochrane Library, EBASE, CNKI, and so forth, using combination subject terms of obesity (or overweight, weight loss, etc.) and acupoint catgut embedding (or catgut implantation, catgut embedd...

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