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Releasable Suture Technique

Journal of Glaucoma, 2008
Releasable scleral flap sutures have been effectively used with trabeculectomy to provide a safer postoperative course. This review will assess the indications for using releasable sutures, with the consideration of their advantages and disadvantages, after trabeculectomy.A review of the literature provided the most common releasable suture techniques ...
Daniela S Monteiro, de Barros, Moataz E, Gheith, Ghada A, Siam, L Jay, Katz   +3 more
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Surgical instruments, sutures and suturing techniques

British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2007
Anthropological studies suggest that prehistoric man used various techniques to close skin wounds (Ellis, 2001). The jaws of termites or beetles were used to bite across wounds and hold skin edges together in India and South America, and in East Africa acacia thorns were stuck along the two wound edges and then plaited together (Ellis, 2001).
Bush, Jim, Bayat, Ardeshir
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Suturing Techniques

Journal of Medical Insight
The act of suturing wounds on the skin has been done for thousands of years. Closing dead space, supporting and strengthening wounds until healing increases their tensile strength, approximating skin edges for an esthetically pleasing and functional result, and minimizing the risks of bleeding and infection remain the primary goals of suture techniques,
Ravi Kumar Chittoria, Bharath Prakash Reddy   +1 more
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Transcorneal Suture Techniques

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1978
To the Editor. —The tragedy of the case reported by Abbott and Spencer and entitled: "Epithelialization of the Anterior Chamber After Transcorneal (McCannel) Suture," (Arch Ophthalmol 96:482-484, 1978), should alert us all to the dangers inherent in any technique in which inadequate wound closure may be compounded by a through-and-through seton, such ...
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Iris reconstruction suturing techniques

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2020
When patients have large iris defects, they may experience debilitating glare, halos, and unfavorable cosmetic appearance. Surgical iris reconstruction can alleviate these symptoms. This article will review current suturing techniques for iris reconstruction, as well as the benefits and drawbacks to various suturing methods.
Rebecca R, Lian, Steven B, Siepser, Natalie A, Afshari   +2 more
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Suture Techniques in Rhinoplasty

Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 2010
Suture techniques are an indispensable means to biologically sculpt the cartilage of the nose. Here the authors review their use in tip-plasty and present a 4-suture algorithm that allows for simple, complete control in sculpting the shape of all nasal tips in primary rhinoplasty. After a standard cephalic trim of the lateral crus leaving it 6 mm wide,
Ronald P, Gruber, Edward, Chang, Edward, Buchanan   +2 more
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Therapeutic laparoscopic suturing techniques

Surgical Endoscopy, 1992
With the introduction of the technique of Interventional laparoscopy, a new era of minimally invasive general surgery has begun. The well-established principles of general surgical technique have not been altered by this new technology. As the new laparoscopic technology has become available, intraabdominal laparoscopic suturing and ligating techniques
S T, Ko, M C, Airan
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A Review of Sutures and Suturing Techniques

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1992
The ideal suture is strong, handles easily, and forms secure knots. It causes minimal tissue inflammation and does not promote infection. It stretches and accommodates wound edema. Although no single suture possesses all of these features, proper selection of sutures helps achieve better results in skin surgery.
R L, Moy, B, Waldman, D W, Hein
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Nasal Tip-Suspending Suture Technique

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 2010
Variation in nasal-tip deformity is the most common complaint of the patients requesting rhinoplastic surgery, and the goal of nearly every rhinoplasty is to achieve ideal nasal-tip rotation and projection. We describe a procedure that allows the surgeon to secure nasal-tip rotation and projection through a suspension suture technique.
Selçuk, Inanli, Gediz Murat, Serin, Yeliz, Kantürk   +2 more
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Suture techniques

2012
LEE PONSKY, SRINIVAS VOURGANTI
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