BACKGROUND Ventricular septal defects (VSD) is one of the most frequent congenital cardiac malformations and cardiac conduction disorders are still one of the serious postoperative complications in this surgery. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare the incidence of conduction disorders with the use of continuous compared to interrupted suturing techniques in VSD surgical repair. PATIENTS ...

Many surgical procedures require incisions to be made on the target organ and the body cavity. In order to avoid infection, and to guide the body's wound healing process after surgery, it is necessary to perform accurate ligation and closure of these open wounds. Extensive research shows that suturing and knotting are considered some of the most time-consuming tasks of surgery, taking between 3...

The mechanical suture is a semi-automatic anastomosis of tissues by means of a stapler. The above-mentioned refers to the anastomosis of tissues using mechanical or absorbable clips. In recent years the structure of suturing equipment is constantly developing. Worldwide, one may observe the growing interest of the mechanical suturing technique. The nineteenth century includes the development of...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We evaluate a new technique of treating scalp lacerations, the hair apposition technique (HAT). After standard cleaning procedures, hair on both sides of a laceration is apposed with a single twist. This is then held with tissue adhesives. HAT was compared with standard suturing in a multicenter, randomized, prospective trial. METHODS All linear lacerations of the scalp less t...

BACKGROUND Millions of women worldwide undergo perineal suturing after childbirth and the type of repair may have an impact on pain and healing. For more than 70 years, researchers have been suggesting that continuous non-locking suture techniques for repair of the vagina, perineal muscles and skin are associated with less perineal pain than traditional interrupted methods. OBJECTIVES To asse...

BACKGROUND A recent survey of fellowship directors suggested significant deficits in the technical laparoscopic skills of graduated general surgery residents. Our aim was to define the need for and possible content of a simulation-based curriculum in advanced laparoscopic skills (ALS). METHODS An anonymous online survey was distributed to all Fellowship Council program directors (PDs), curren...