Surgical sutures

BACKGROUND Some clinicians believe that routine episiotomy, a surgical cut of the vagina and perineum, will prevent serious tears… (More)

BACKGROUND Surgical site infections are associated with severe morbidity and mortality. The role of surgical sutures in the… (More)

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to develop a performance-based laparoscopic suturing curriculum using simulators and to… (More)

Rotator cuff tears are a common cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction. After surgical repair, there is a significant re-tear… (More)

BACKGROUND It has been estimated that worldwide, over 125,000 women die of postpartum hemorrhage each year. The traditional… (More)

PURPOSE We describe our technique of and single institutional experience with purely laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for renal… (More)

In normal animals, peripheral nerve injury produces a persistent, neuropathic pain state in which pain is exaggerated and can be… (More)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to evaluate a modified method of intraluminal suture occlusion of the… (More)

Different surgical methods of graft fixation in ACL reconstruction were examined to determine the effects on mechanical… (More)

A new method for estimation of age-at-death based on the degree of suture closure is presented. The method employs simple… (More)