OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of different suturing techniques in repeat caesarean section in terms of scar thickness, blood loss, operative time and scar dehiscence at the time of next caesarean section. STUDY DESIGN A randomized double blinded trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department of Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, from June 2005 to June 2010. ...

BACKGROUND Traumatic tympanic membrane perforations (TMPs) tend to spontaneous healing, however, large TMPs usually fail to healing. Clinical and experimental studies had demonstrated that growth factors accelerated the healing of large TMPs. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of growth factors and 0.3% (w/v) ofloxacin drops n the healing of human large TMPs. METHODS A total of ...

Up to the present, the optimal time to close an open abdomen remains controversial. This study was designed to evaluate whether early fascial abdominal closure had advantages over delayed approach for open abdomen populations. Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched until April 2013. Search terms included "open abdomen," "abdominal compartment syndrome," "laparostomy," "celiotomy," ...

We recall the notion of regular closure of classes of languages. We present two important results. The rst one is that all languages which are in the regular closure of the class of deterministic (context-free) languages can be recognized in linear time. This is a non-trivial result, since this closure contains many inherently ambiguous languages. The second one is that the class of determinist...

background:  few clinical trials have studied the functional and cosmetic outcomes of different closure tech- niques of surgical incisions. skin wound and incision closure methods may influence the healing process and cos- metic outcome. the present study aims at comparing three different suture techniques of skin closure. methods: in a clinical trial, sixty patients with anterior cruciate liga...

PURPOSE In this study, we compared the skin adhesive 2-octylcyanoacrylate to subcuticular suture for closure of pediatric inguinal hernia incisions to determine if skin adhesive improves wound cosmesis, shortens skin closure time, and lowers operative costs. METHODS We prospectively randomized 134 children undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy at our institution to have skin closure with either s...