Objective: To compare skin staples with prolene for closure of neck dissection incisions in terms time wound closure, pain on removal and aesthetic outcome. Study design setting: Single blinded, prospective clinical study carried out at Sharif Medical Dental College, Lahore from 19.04.2021 to 18.04.2022. Materials methods: All healthy (ASA-I/II) patients requiring were enrolled the study. The d...

We carried out a blinded prospective randomised controlled trial comparing 2-octylcyanoacrylate (OCA), subcuticular suture (monocryl) and skin staples for skin closure following total hip and total knee arthroplasty. We included 102 hip replacements and 85 of the knee.OCA was associated with less wound discharge in the first 24 hours for both the hip and the knee. However, with total knee repla...

Since the advent of microvascular free tissue transfer, adjunctive surgical techniques have become sought as a means to improving overall surgical time and outcomes in oncological surgery. Anastomotic devices have provided one such avenue, with staples and coupling devices suggested as an alternative to traditional suturing. We describe our experience with two such devices, automatic staples an...

Minimally invasive (laparoscopic) ventral hernia repair is performed by covering the hernia defect with a sheet of prosthetic mesh, which requires fixation with a combination of staples and anchoring sutures. There are two major issues with this technique: (1) sometimes some of the staples need to be removed in order to adjust the mesh position prior to final fixation; and (2) anchoring sutures...

Background: The tension-free hernioplasty as introduced by Lichtenstein has gained increasing acceptance during the last decade. This study compared two methods of mesh fixation. Material and Methods: Fifty-four patients undergoing sixty repairs were randomized into two groups. In control group polypropylene mesh was secured with 2/0 polypropylene sutures and skin closed with 2/0 polyamide blac...

We describe two cases of knee deformity in SDS patients surgically treated. In case n.1, because of a severe deformity, an osteotomy of the distal femur was performed by removing a lateral wedge and stabilizing with a staple, plus lateral tibial hemiepiphysiodesis. In case n. 2 first a medial hemiepiphysiodesis of the proximal tibia with Blount staples was performed. After 18 months the staples...

A prospective randomised study of four different methods of leg wound skin closure after removal of the long saphenous vein was carried out in 113 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. These methods were: (1) continuous nylon vertical mattress suture (27 patients); (2) continuous subcuticular absorbable (Dexon) suture (29 patients); (3) metal skin staples (Autosuture) (27 patient...

OBJECTIVES Although uncommon, prolonged postoperative air leaks are a troublesome complication of lung surgery. This study was performed to determine if buttressing pulmonary staple lines would reduce air leakage at varying airway pressures, and if there was a difference between buttressing materials. METHODS Using cadaver lungs, the development of air leak from staple lines was evaluated at ...