BACKGROUND Surgical sutures can promote migration of bacteria and thus start infections. Antiseptic coating of sutures may inhibit proliferation of adhered bacteria and avoid such complications. OBJECTIVES This study investigated the inhibition of viable adhering bacteria on novel antimicrobially coated surgical sutures using chlorhexidine or octenidine, a critical factor for proliferation at...

Purpose: To describe an innovative animal model of eye transplantation used in rabbits. Methods: six Dutch-belted male rabbits were submitted to lateral orbitotomy the right eye, wide retrobulbar anatomy exposure, dissection structures, identification and distal section optic nerve followed by anastomosis either vicryl (group 1) or fibrin glue 2). Electroretinography recording was performed bef...

Purpose: To evaluate the outcomes of closure appendix base using two different suture materials that we used in our clinic with those published literature.
 
 Materials and methods: The study retrospectively reviews 36 cases children who underwent laparoscopic appendectomies. patients were divided into groups: Vicryl group silk group. Laboratory results, diagnostic algorithms, surgica...