Among the staples of forensic psychiatric evaluation are independent medical evaluations (IMEs) for work-related psychiatric and neuropsychiatric claims, ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder to chronic pain syndromes accompanying and compounding impairment due to other medical conditions. To provide a comprehensive evaluation and an objective opinion, forensic psychiatrists must know how...

Staples are an excellent form of wound closure for certain types of cutaneous surgery, namely, scalp reductions, application of split-thickness grafts, axillary vault resections, and truncal excisions. Various staplers currently in use, their advantages and disadvantages, are reviewed in the context of these aforementioned procedures.

This study aimed to compare patients' satisfaction and outcome of caesarean section wound closure by skin staples and subcuticular suture at discharge and 6 weeks of postoperation. It was a randomized controlled trial of pregnant women scheduled for caesarean section at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, allocating them to wound closure by skin staples or subcuticular suture. Pai...

We have read the case report of Nihon-Yanagi et al. The patient they described developed hepatic granuloma two times and the granulomatous lesion was surrounding metal staples/clips suggesting that the granuloma was due to surgical staples/clips. Hepatic granulomas (HGs) are reported in around 5% of patient who undergo a liver biopsy and caused by several diseases including sarcoidosis, tubercu...

OBJECTIVE Verrucous skin lesions on the feet in diabetic neuropathy is a condition usually induced by chronic mechanical stimulation of the feet of patients with diabetic neuropathy and usually occurs at weight-bearing sites. We here present a rare case involving a man with verrucous skin lesions on the feet in diabetic neuropathy at an unusual, non-weight-bearing site. METHODS A 58-year-old ...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the outcome of wounds closed with irradiated polyglactin 910 (IRPG) Vicryl Rapide (Ethicon, Somerville, N.J.). METHOD Seventy-one patients with 80 oral wounds and 42 patients with 42 scalp wounds closed with IRPG were evaluated on the day of surgery, then one, seven, 14, 28 and 90 days following surgery. The incidence of inflammation, suppuration and hypertroph...

Iron deficiency is a major problem in both developing and developed countries, and much of this can be attributed to insufficient dietary intake. Over the past decades several measures, such as supplementation and food fortification, have helped to alleviate this problem. However, their associated costs limit their accessibility and effectiveness, particularly amongst the financially constraine...

The withdrawal and lateral holding properties of three types plywood with one stapled as well one-row multi-stapled joints were studied compared. results show that variations in density have a significant effect on strength relatively small strength. At four staples, the eucalyptus 0.59 g/cm3 is 1821 N, which 21% higher than poplar 0.51 at 1498 N 32% eucalyptus/poplar composite 0.53 1275 N. In ...