In 1902, Stewart and Harte reported on CN, aged 26 years, who had her spinal cord severed by a 0.32 caliber gunshot. The distance between the segments of the cord was 0.75 inch, as verified by all five attending physicians: “The ends of the cord were then approximated with 3 chromicized catgut sutures passed by means of a small staphylorraphy needle, one suture being passed anteroposteriorly th...

Acupoint stimulations are effective in ameliorating symptoms of menopause which is an unavoidable ageing consequence for women. To understand the mechanistic aspects of such treatments, we systematically analyzed the effects of acupoint laser-irradiation and catgut-embedding on the ovariectomy-induced rat metabolic changes using NMR and GC-FID/MS methods. Results showed that ovariectomization (...

are performing operations on the cadaver." We are aware of the difficulties in carrying out this intention, but a perusal of the book leaves some dissatisfaction from both points of view. The illustrations number over 200, and are generally good and clear, but fig. 196 is anatomically incorrect in several particulars, and fig. 199 does not correspond with the description in the text. There are ...

Background: 85% of women delivering vaginally experience perineal trauma, and almost two-thirds require tear repair [1]. Although chromic catgut is used as standard suture, newer materials like Polyglactin 910 question the best available properties [2]. Methods: This prospective, comparative study was conducted in Shri BM Patil Medical College, Karnataka from November 2019 to 2020. 200 divided ...

Background and aim: Subcision is a procedure that has been reported to be beneficial in treatment of acne scars. The objective of this trial was to assess the efficacy of subcision in the treatment of rolling acne scars and evaluate a novel subdermal filler" absorbable plain catgut suture" with subcision. Materials and methods: 22 patients with rolling acne scars underwent subcision, 20 of whom...