OBJECTIVE To determine whether the tissue model onto which a knot is tied influences the knot's tensile strength. STUDY DESIGN Zero-gauge, nonexpired, silk, polyglactin 910, polydioxanone, and polypropylene sutures were tied on 4 different mock tissue models. The tissue models were standard metal hex head screw, uncooked chicken breast, a tube of packaged "string" cheese, and a cylinder of bu...

trauma such as a kick, blow, horn thrust or falling on off by gentile manipulation. The entire hernial mass blunt objects and rupture of pre pubic tendon (Frank, was adhered to the surrounding skin and abdominal 1981). Hernia, though a common condition, is muscles which were removed manually. Loops of small generally ignored by the owners unless it produces intestines, which were strangulated, ...

in the embarrassing situation of having little or no catgut industry. Some far-sighted Edinburgh surgeons, realizing the problems, requested a local pharmacist, George Merson to undertake the commercial manufacture of this material. This he did in an old manse at St. John's Hill in the Pleasance, Edinburgh, and by the end of the war the business was well under way. About this time Merson began ...

IT affords me much pleasure to dedicate this short paper to Professor Dr. Karl Lindner as he has always been much interested in the subject of detachment of the retina in all its aspects. It was he who re-introduced Muller's operation for the treatment of cases of retinal detachment with unfavourable prognosis (Lindner, 1933) and his operation was taken up by Pischel (1945), Borley (1949), and ...

—This study assessed performance of seven suture types in subyearling Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha implanted with acoustic microtransmitters and held at two water temperatures (128C and 178C). Nonabsorbable (Ethilon) and absorbable (Monocryl) monofilament sutures and nonabsorbable (Nurolon and silk) and absorbable (Vicryl, Vicryl Plus, and Vicryl Rapide) braided sutures were used to ...

BACKGROUND The most common cause of skin graft failure is the collection of blood or serous fluid underneath the graft. In our study, we describe the use of silicone tube for tie-over dressing to secure the skin graft margins with the aim of decreasing loss of the skin graft, particularly in grafting of deep wounds. METHODS Between March 2008 and July 2011, we used this technique in 17 patien...

The mechanism of the antifertility effect of the IUD has not been clearly elucidated. Recent experimental results suggest that prostaglandins released by such a device could inhibit implantation (Chaudhuri, 1971; Saksena, Lau & & Castracane, 1974), either by expelling the blastocyst through uterine contractions or by exerting a luteolytic effect. This hypothesis has been tested by administering...