Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The development of small-gauge ophthalmic sutures revolutionized the field of cataract surgery decades ago. With ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this column, we will describe a simple and novel method of performing a pupilloplasty procedure that allows ...

In medical dramas, surgeries end with a shot of tying off the suture. It is not as simple as thinking the biggest hurdles are cleared after removing the lesion and reconnecting blood vessels or nerves ...

Surgeries with the endoscope are exacting and require special capabilities of the surgeon. The suturing of the tissue and the setting of the knots, in particular, is very complicated due to the lack ...

A literature search was carried out for this briefing in accordance with the interim process and methods statement. This briefing includes the most relevant or best available published evidence ...

Researchers have used a new biodegradable material to make surgical sutures that knot and tighten themselves as they warm to body temperature. The new material could help surgeons working in tight ...

Think about the last time you tied your shoe: maybe you tied it tightly, or tied multiple knots to ensure the laces wouldn't come undone. You likely relied on intuition to tell you how much tension to ...

Three different knots, 3/1/1, 1/1/1(slip-knot), and 1/1/1/1(modified slip-knot), were compared using 10-0 black monofilament polyamide-6 suture (Ethilon 30 cm with a 6-mm micro-point spatula needle, ...

The self-tightening suture material can be stretched and self-tightens at body temperature within 15 seconds. While the suture was not as strong as commercially available sutures, it appeared to be ...

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