INTRODUCTION There are many closure techniques available to cutaneous surgeons. One of them is the purse-string suture which is used to provide complete or partial closure of round skin defects. In our animal study; we closed skin defects with using subcuticular purse string suture technique by progressively cinching wound and we aim to more rapidly healing according to secondary healing. MET...

Juvenile silky sharks Carcharhinus falciformis comprise the largest component of the incidental elasmobranch catch taken in tropical tuna purse seine fisheries. During a chartered cruise on board a tuna purse seine vessel conducting typical fishing operations we investigated the post-release survival and rates of interaction with fishing gear of incidentally captured silky sharks using a combin...

PURPOSE To examine the feasibility of a direct videoscopic approach to the descending thoracic aorta for branched endograft delivery to the aortic arch and abdominal aorta. METHODS Aneurysms were created in the aortic arch and pararenal aorta of 3 human cadavers, and pulsatile flow was established using a roller pump. Thoracoscopically, 2 double-felted purse-string sutures were placed on the ...

BACKGROUND Purse-string suture is a simple technique that can be used to reduce the surface area of circular wounds in an effort to obtain minimal scarring. In this report, we provide evidence of the effectiveness of the purse-string suture as a stand-alone procedure that allows a permanent primary complete closure of small to moderate skin defects. The procedure is used primarily for the repai...

BACKGROUND Five years ago, we presented 19 procedures employing two intrastromal purse-string sutures to treat hyperopic shift following radial keratotomy. Thirty-four additional procedures and longer follow-up are now presented detailing the task of rehabilitating these eyes. METHODS Fifty-three eyes of 53 radial keratotomy patients who were unhappy with their uncorrected vision and who were...

A balloon-tipped catheter placed in the coronary sinus is used during cardiac surgery for retrograde cardioplegia and is secured by a purse string suture placed proximal to the atrioventricular groove in the lower right atrium. We report a complication of this procedure where a pulmonary artery catheter was sutured to the wall of the right atrium by the purse string suture in a patient schedule...