Received for publication June’ 2009 ... ........................... Purpose: To compare the success rate of external dacryocystorhinostomy (with intubation) with suturing of the posterior flaps and without suturing of the posterior flaps. Material and methods: A prospective comparative study of 70 patients attending the Ophthalmology Department Military Hospital Rawalpindi between Dec 2005 and ...

This paper deals with future aspects and developments in endoscopic sutures, needles, needle drivers, and sewing devices. Shape memory alloys such as superelastic nickel-titanium can be used for surgical needles and hingeless needle drivers. A sewing device consists of a T-Needle which can be shuttled between the jaws of specially designed instruments. The jaws possess small elements that grip ...

INTRODUCTION Single-port total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH) has not been widely used because of its technical difficulty and steep learning curve, especially the laparoscopic suturing of the vaginal stump. Barbed suturing is a new technology that has the potential to greatly facilitate laparoscopic suturing. AIM To compare surgical outcomes and vaginal vault healing between barbed sutures ...

BACKGROUND High astigmatisms are usually induced during corneal suturing subsequent to tissue transplantation or any other surgery which involves corneal suturing. One of the reasons is that the procedure is intimately dependent on the surgeon's skill for suturing identical stitches. In order to evaluate the influence of the irregularity on suturing for the residual astigmatism, a prototype for...

Abstract Among surgical procedures, suturing is considered simple. However, in some situations, not easy or feasible. Here, we present proof of concept a new self-tightening needle-less suture made NiTi alloy. The device designed to overcome two demanding steps traditional suturing: needle introduction and manual knotting. Our novel composed only short wire that able change shape by exploiting ...

The number of arthroscopic procedures has increased dramatically durlng recent years. One of their advantages is that complications are rare ; those that do occur (a stitch abscess or a haematoma) are usually related to the small puncture wounds. Since a 5 mm wound of the knee presenting as an injury would not be sutured, it was felt to be illogical to suture an arthroscopy incision ; a suturel...

BACKGROUND Although non-incisional surgery to create a supratarsal fold (double eyelid) is preferred by Japanese patients, current procedures are either technically complex or do not produce lasting results. OBJECTIVE We describe a new, non-incisional technique that makes use of double-armed sutures and twists to create double eyelids in Asian patients. METHODS After everting the upper eyel...