I learned to tie the rolling hitch knot while taking sailing lessons. It is a particularly useful knot when tying a line to a vertical post, as the knot will not slip downward. The more downward ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO – A mechanical study found what it called the optimal suture material and knot configurations for zone II flexor tendon injuries. Steve K. Lee, MD, and his colleagues undertook the study to ...

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 ...

The V-Loc 180 device, launched in October 2009, was the first surgical device of its kind to feature uni-directional barbed suture technology. The device's unique and proprietary self-anchoring loop ...

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 ...

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, ...

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