BACKGROUND While premature suture fusion, or craniosynostosis, is a relatively common condition, the cause is often unknown. Estrogens are associated with growth plate fusion of endochondral bones. In the following study, we explore the previously unknown significance of estrogen/estrogen receptor signaling in cranial suture biology. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Firstly, estrogen receptor (...

Aim: The primary author previously described his technique for periareolar closure in mastopexy using a pinwheel interlocking purse string with absorbable barbed suture and now reports the results of a retrospective photometric analysis comparing this technique with the same closure using Gortex® suture. This study is designed to compare the degree of areolar widening and safety profile of usin...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Tracheal resection anastomoses are often under tension and can be technically challenging. New suture materials such as V-loc (barbed, knotless wound closure device) may offer advantages over conventional methods. The objective of this study is to determine if a running V-loc suture is of comparable tensile strength to conventional closure. STUDY DESIGN Laboratory based ...

A series of experiments was performed on young monkeys, rabbits, and turtles to study gross sutural growth of bones. Radiopaque implants in conjunction with serial, direct gross, and indirect radiographic measurements were employed. Differences in growth were observed in the monkey among five facial sutures and also the same suture at different times. Growth was greatest at the zygomaticotempor...

PURPOSE To describe an adjustable suture (AS) experimental model that allows for tightening, loosening and retightening of the suture tension in trabeculectomy. METHODS Standard trabeculectomy was performed in fifteen pig eyeballs. All pig eyes were tested twice: one test with conventional suture in both flap's corners (conventional suture group) and another test with a conventional suture at...

OBJECTIVE Postoperative surgical site infections (SSI) still greatly affect mortality and morbidity in cardiovascular surgery. SSI may be related to the suture material. In this prospective, randomized, controlled, and double-blinded study, the effect of antibacterial suture material on SSI in cardiac surgical patients was investigated. METHODS We randomly allocated 510 patients into 2 groups...

Background: Gastro-intestinal anastomosis is mostly performed to correct the gastro-intestinal surgical disorders like obstruction, abdominal trauma, perforated bowel, intussusception and intestinal neoplasia etc. In early periods conventional was followed which evolved into a seromuscular pattern of suture technique in recent years. Stapled have higher tensile strength than sutured anastomosis...

Extensor mechanism injuries are unusual and require early operative intervention to optimally restore extensor mechanism continuity, strength, and function. Quadriceps tendon ruptures typically occur in patients older than 40 years and can be associated with degenerative tendon changes, obesity, systemic illnesses, and trauma. Patellar tendon ruptures are usually seen in younger patients as a r...

s H w M fi he purpose of this study is to examine long-term endon-to-bone healing, by use of a sheep animal odel, after rotator cuff repairs performed with 2 diferent suture techniques: an inclined horizontal matress suture pattern placed with special arthroscopic nstrumentation (HMS) and the modified Mason-Allen attern (MMA). After a pre hoc power analysis, 18 keletally mature sheep were rando...

PURPOSE Little data exist comparing the strength of traditional methods of fixation in a flexor digitorum profundus tendon with the use of a suture anchor. In vitro cyclic testing simulating a passive mobilization protocol was used to compare the repair of a flexor digitorum profundus tendon using a single micro-Mitek anchor (Mitek, Westwood, MA) or a modified Bunnell 2-strand pullout technique...