Articles: sutures.
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An unusual complication after tricuspid valve annuloplasty is described where a ring suture ligated right coronary artery and precipitated myocardial infarct and patient death. The need for caution to prevent this complication with such surgery is emphasized.
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Pediatric emergency care · Jun 1990
Conscious sedation of the pediatric patient for suturing: a survey.
No single drug or combination of drugs was used routinely in pediatric emergency departments to sedate children for suturing. A meperidine-promethazine-chlorpromazine "cocktail" was chosen most frequently. ⋯ The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines for the elective use of conscious sedation, specifically, those regarding monitoring during sedation and discharge post sedation, were not adhered to uniformly. Further study of conscious sedation in children is needed.
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Nylon monofilament sutures were tested in a straight pull as well as a conventional knot pull tensile test. In each test, sutures were evaluated following storage under prevailing atmospheric conditions or saturation in whole human blood. Blood saturation decreased the ultimate tensile strength by as much as 20%. The present investigation of sutures that were stored under prevailing atmospheric conditions substantiated the proposal previously made for polypropylene monofilaments--that 60% of the ultimate tensile strength could be established as a fundamental USP criterion for Class I monofilament sutures.
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Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) · Jun 1985
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialUse of sutures or adhesive tapes for primary closure of pretibial lacerations.