Pickaxe and marked hypodermic needle for comedone prick incision

Stitching with a hypodermic needle.

SOME months ago I discovered, as I thought, an entirely new method of stitching, using a hypodermic needle. Subsequent conversations with elders of the profession have revealed that the method, if not as old as the hills, is at least as old as the sulphonamides. However, most doctors of my generation seem to beignorant of it, and since the use of nylon as a suture material renders it easier to ...

Accidental Swallowing of a Hypodermic Needle

This unusual case report describes the accidental swallowing of a hypodermic needle by a patient during a conservative procedure, which though safely discharged in the stool after 24 hours but emphasizes the use of two major preventive measures namely, rubber dam and oral packing during all endodontic and conservative procedures to prevent the occurrence of such unfortunate incidence.

Parasitic wasp hypodermic needle sniffs out larvae to lay eggs.

It takes a special kind of insect to pollinate an inside-out flower, which is exactly what the wasps that pollinate figs do. Crawling inside the firm swelling lined with microscopic flowers that will eventually ripen into a fleshy fig, tiny fig wasps pollinate the flowers within while laying their own eggs. However, the fig wasps’ robust nursery is not entirely secure. Renee Borges from the Ind...

Technical tip for difficult injection laryngoplasty: The use of a hypodermic needle as a retractor.

INTRODUCTION Local anesthetic injection medialization of the paralyzed or paretic vocal fold has become the mainstay of management in the voice clinic in recent years. The popularity of this technique compared to suspension microlaryngoscopy and injection has grown for several reasons: avoidance of general anesthesia, avoidance of risks of rigid laryngoscopy, short procedure time, real-time ass...

Clinical sequelae from arterial needle puncture, cannulation, and incision.