SINCE the article on a method of providing post-operative security in cataract operation was published in the September, 1947 issue of the Brit. JI. Ophthal., some colleagues have mentioned the difficulty of carrying the upper part of the complete conjunctival flap over the wound when drawing the purse string suture -tight after the extraction. The edge of the flap, unless guided carefully by a...

INTRODUCTION Debate exists amongst surgeons regarding the ideal suture material for skin closure in carpal tunnel decompression (CTD). This study compares wound related complications, patient satisfaction, and functional outcome following open carpal tunnel decompression in patients undergoing wound closure with either of two common absorbable and nonabsorbable suture types. MATERIALS AND MET...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES We present our initial experience and long-term results with transperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy with nonabsorbable polymer clips. METHODS Seven patients aged 34 to 47 years previously diagnosed with mobile kidney presented with chronic pain refractory to analgesics and underwent a transperitoneal laparoscopic nephropexy procedure with nonabsorbable polymer clips...

The pharmacokinetics of perioperative systemic antibiotics and the microbiological effectiveness of oral nonabsorbable antibiotics started immediately prior to surgery were studied in 18 adult patients undergoing liver transplantation. All patients received cefotaxime, 2 g intravenously, at 6-h intervals during surgery and then at 8-h intervals thereafter for 48 h; eight patients also received ...

Introduction and Objective: Nonabsorbable monofilament suture is traditionally used to secure vaginal mesh for robot-assisted sacral colpopexy (RASC) but can become exposed postoperatively requiring invasive removal. Polydioxanone delayed absorbable may avoid this. We sought determine the objective subjective impact of choice fixation. Materials Methods: A cohort study was undertaken using a pr...

We present our penile curvature treatment experience in Peyronie's disease and cogenital curvature, using a modificated plication technique of the tunica albuginea with Prolene inverted sutures covered with Vicryl ones. The first suture gives security to the plication and the second one hides the first dots avoiding the nonabsorbable sutures bother.

A comparison is made of gastric loss of phenol red and chromic chloride other than by emptying. Chromic chloride appears to be lost by adsorption on to mucus to a considerably greater extent than does phenol red, suggesting that chromic chloride is less satisfactory as a nonabsorbable gastric indicator.

We demonstrate that it is possible to use a nonabsorbable mesh for abdominal wall reconstruction after total wound rupture and successfully split-skin graft directly on the mesh. Sufficient granulation tissue formation prior to skin grafting was obtained with long-term use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).