with glued patches provided that care is taken to avoid allowing the glue to contact the ocular surface or eyelids. Should any problem arise with the use of cyanoacrylate-glued patches, including intolerance by the child or family, it can be easily removed with the help of white petroleum jelly. We recommend that the eyelids be closed before affixing the glued patch. This was a pilot study with...

The use of ethyl-cyanoacrylate and octyl-cyanoacrylate were clinically and histopathologically compared on the corneas of 36 rabbits after lamellar keratectomy (standardized diameter and depth). The animals were distributed into two groups, one for each type of adhesive. From each group, six subgroups were histopathologically evaluated on the 3, 7, 14, 21, 30, and 60 day post-operative. General...

To overcome the problems of surgical treatment of tumors of the posterior segment, we have developed a ring-shaped instrument. This is sutured to the sclera or the area ivhere resection should be performed. Besides stabilizing the operative area, the two side arms of the instrument prevent collapse of the eyeball. The fidl-thickness eye wall resection i? performed with the cutting needle of the...

Wound closure is a part of any surgical procedure and the objective of laceration repair or incision closure is to approximate the edges of a wound so that natural healing process may occur. Over the years new biomaterials have been discovered as an alternate to conventional suture materials. Cyanoacrylate bioadhesives are one among them. They carry the advantages of rapid application, patient ...

Considering that instrumentation of the apical foramen has been suggested for root canal infection control, this study analyzed the relationship between the files that bind at the apical foramen and the foraminal openings in 50 maxillary central incisors. After preparation of the pulp chamber, access to the canal was obtained with #1 and 2 LA Axxess and K-files with tip cut were inserted up to ...

PURPOSE To determine the influence of preoperative N-butyl cyanoacrylate embolization on outcome in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. METHODS Two groups were compared: 30 patients who underwent surgery and embolization versus 41 patients who underwent surgery only. Both groups were categorized by Spetzler-Martin grade and evaluated with the Glasgow Outcome Scale at variou...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to comparatively evaluate three different stabilization methods with regards to the amount of shrinkage in free gingival graft. METHODS Forty-five patients were included in three study groups: where stabilization was achieved with conventional technique, cyanoacrylate or microsurgery. In the conventional group standardized 5-0 sutures were used. In the mic...

Renal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is an uncommon anomaly characterized by the communication between renal arteries and veins. Renal AVFs are often asymptomatic but are occasionally accompanied by hematuria or heart failure. Transcatheter closure with embolization is a safe and effective treatment for renal AVF. We herein report an 87-year-old patient with heart failure due to renal AVF who was ...

Nanoparticles developed from poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) (PACA) biodegradable polymers have opened new and exciting perspectives in the field of drug delivery due to their nearly ideal characteristics as drug carriers in connection with biomedical applications. Thanks to the direct implication of organic chemistry, polymer science and physicochemistry, multiple PACA nanoparticles with different f...

BACKGROUND In these reported cases, we observed the outcomes of skin take and wound healing using 2-octyl-cyanoacrylate glue, which was used as tissue glue in the reconstruction of complex genital skin loss due to fournier gangrene. METHODS Fifteen patients with Fournier's gangrene were treated in this study. After initial surgical debridement, all defects were repaired using STSG. In this me...