BACKGROUND Needlestick and sharps injuries (NSI) represent an important occupational health issue in veterinary practice. Little is known about the distribution and correlates of NSI among Australian veterinarians. METHODS A questionnaire-based NSI survey was mailed to 1094 veterinarians registered with the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland during 2006. RESULTS A total of 664 surveys ...

Surgical Automation for Multilateral Multi-Throw Suturing by Siddarth Sen Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California, Berkeley Professor Ken Goldberg, Chair For supervised automation of multi-throw suturing in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery, we present a novel mechanical needle guide and a framework for optimizing needle size, trajectory...

OBJECTIVE To compare the advantages and disadvantages of skin staplers versus conventional sutures in head and neck surgery. SUBJECTS Fifty consecutive patients who underwent extensive surgery in the head and neck area were included in this prospective trial. METHODS Patients were randomized into two equal groups: one group had their wounds closed with staplers and the other with monofilame...

This paper describes a new suturing method, the subpapillary continuous sling suture, for use with soft tissue grafts in tunnel procedures to treat gingival recession. This method combines the graft suture and the sutures used to advance the pouch margins over the graft into a single continuous sling suture. It is indicated particularly for sites with shallow recessions and those treated for au...