is described a method of tying ligatures by means of artery forceps. On this one has developed a technique by which all manoeuvres of ligaturing and suturing are done by means of pressure forceps, so that one may perhaps describe it as " The Pressure Forceps Technique." One has always seen in the so-called " spoon and fork operation on bone, brain and joint an element of r^v introduced by hand ...

Gastrointestinal fistulas may be successfully managed endoscopically [1]. Novel endoscopic techniques for full thickness tissue approximation may serve as adjuvants for assisting fistula closure [2,3]; an example is a flexible endoscopic suturing system [4]. We describe a case of a chronic esophageal fistula, treated previously with endoscopic clipping and esophageal stenting, which was success...

Laparoscopic surgery holds great promise in medicine but remains challenging for surgeons because it is difficult to perceive depth while suturing. In addition binocular parallax, such as three-dimensional vision, shadow essential perception. This paper presents an augmented reality system that draws virtual shadows aid On the visual display, generates mimic actual by estimating positions using...

BACKGROUND Each year approximately 350,000 women in the United Kingdom and millions more worldwide, experience perineal suturing following childbirth. The postpartum management of perineal trauma is a core component of routine maternity care. However, for those women whose perineal wound dehisces (breaks down), the management varies depending on individual practitioners preferences as there is ...

Our aim was to compare the biomechanical properties of suturing methods to determine a better method for the repair of lacerated skeletal muscle. We tested Kessler stitches and the combination of Mason-Allen and perimeter stitches. Individual stitches were placed in the muscle belly of quadriceps femoris from a pig cadaver and were tensioned mechanically. The maximum loads and strains were meas...