Reconsidering neck suspension sutures

Minimally Invasive Face and Neck Lift Using Silhouette Coned Sutures

A laparoscopic-assisted extraperitoneal bladder neck suspension: an initial experience.

A new procedure is described for the correction of stress urinary incontinence caused by hypermobility of the urethrovesical junction using an extraperitoneal laparoscopic approach with the use of a new needle. There has been no previous publication of this approach. The initial study shows that this procedure offers technical advantages over the existing procedures and requires short hospitali...

Reconsidering Hadith al-Iftiraq

Hadith al-Iftiraqis a famous hadith attributed to Prophet Muhammad (s) in many Shi‘i and Sunni hadith collections, as well as in heresiographical sources. Among many books written by contemporary heresiographers, few have failed to mention this hadith in their writings. Many Shi‘i and Sunni traditionists have collected the traditions that deal with the future of the Muslim ummah under such titl...

Suture suspension technique for midface and neck rejuvenation.

Seventeen patients averaging 51 years of age underwent 23 surgical procedures, including suture suspension for both midface and neck rejuvenations. A 3/0 polypropylene thread with bioabsorbable cones with multiple point fixations in addition to 2 x 0.5-cm polypropylene surgical mesh are used in this technique. The mean postoperative, follow-up time was 9 months. Of the 17 patients, 12 underwent...

[Use of ultrasonography in the bladder neck suspension].

From 1988 to 1992, 78 patients with genuine stress urinary incontinence underwent bladder neck suspension under ultrasonic monitoring. Tightness of suspension was adjusted by setting posterior urethrovesical angle to approximately 90 degree by transrectal ultrasonography during operation. Urinary continence was achieved in 68 of 78 patients. In the remaining 10 patients, slight incontinence rec...