PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate glenoid labral heights before injury and after repair with 2 suture anchors: (1) traditional suture anchor secured with knots and (2) knotless suture anchor. METHODS Ten matched pairs of human cadaveric glenoids were examined. In each specimen the labrum was detached from the 3-o'clock position to the 6:30 clock position on the anteroinferior ...

Bony Bankart lesions are a common finding in patients with anterior glenohumeral dislocation. Although there are no defined guidelines, small bony Bankart fractures are typically treated arthroscopically with suture anchors. The 2 main techniques used are double- and single-row suture anchor stabilization, with debate over superiority. Biomechanical studies have shown improved reduction and sta...

Background Absorbable suture suspension (Silhouette InstaLift, Sinclair Pharma, Irvine, CA) is a novel, minimally invasive system that utilizes a specially manufactured synthetic suture to help address the issues of facial aging, while minimizing the risks associated with historic thread lifting modalities. Objectives The purpose of the study was to assess the safety, efficacy, and patient sa...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether a suture technique in upper blepharoplasty may be the cause of differences in the occurrence of suture abscess formation and focal inflammation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A Level I, randomized controlled trial. The upper blepharoplasty wound was closed with a running intradermal suture. External intradermal suturing implied that this suture was started by initially pas...

Background Knee injuries encountered in clinical practice can involve avulsions of the biceps femoris from the fibula and proximal tibia. Advances in tendon repair methods now allow for repairs with increased surface areas using modern suture anchor techniques. Despite descriptions of repair techniques, there are no biomechanical studies on the biceps femoris for comparison. Purpose/Hypothesi...

Osteochondral and pure chondral lesions of the knee are common after patellar dislocations. There multiple described techniques for fixation these lesions, including metallic screws, bioabsorbable implants, suture devices. The purpose this article is to describe a surgical technique lateral condyle lesion using knotless all-suture anchors, with second-look arthroscopy illustrating healing carti...

Crha M., J. Lorenzová, L. Urbanová, T. Fichtel, A. Nečas: Two Techniques of Intestinal Wall Suture in Surgical Treatment of Ileus in Dogs and the Importance of Omentalisation. Acta Vet. Brno 2008, 77: 263-267. Model experimental studies focused on the intestinal suture techniques in relation to healing, postoperative narrowing of the intestinal lumen or adhesion formation can not comprise a num...

BACKGROUND Two main factors determine the strength of tendon repair; the tensile strength of material and the gripping capacity of a suture configuration. Different repair techniques and suture materials were developed to increase the strength of repairs but none of techniques and suture materials seem to provide enough tensile strength with safety margins for early active mobilization. In orde...