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2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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   Swaged (or "atraumatic") needles with sutures consist of a pre-packed eyeless needle already attached (by swaging) to a specific length of suture thread. This saves time, and eliminates the most difficult threading of very fine needles and sutures. Two additional benefits are reduced drag and less potential damage to friable tissue during ...

3. List of instruments used in ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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   holding the needle in position while applying sutures •Silcock's needle holder-do-; has a catch and is used for heavier gauge needles; used mainly for skin, muscle and corneal incisions •Arruga's needle holder-do-; has a catch (lock) and is used for heavier gauge needles (thicker than 6–0); used mainly for skin, muscle and corneal incisions

4. List of instruments used in forensics - Wikipedia

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   Non-absorbable sutures: usually nylon to close the body cavities and sutures it Postmortem needles: large thick needles for suturing the skin after an autopsy to return the body to a natural looking state to prepare it for burial Medical syringes: for fluid aspiration Foley catheter: for evacuation or irrigation of the bladder to collect a ...

5. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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   There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.. General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdomen; the thyroid gland; diseases involving skin, breasts, and various soft tissues; trauma; peripheral vascular disease; hernias; and endoscopic procedures.

6. Surgical instrument - Wikipedia

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   Needles have different shapes (e.g. j shape, ½ circle, straight) and cutting edges (tapered - round, conventional cutting - triangular) depending on the application and areas of the suture. [21] Sutures can be categorized based on different sizes (e.g.#5-#11, higher numbers represent larger suture diameter) and types (absorbable and ...

7. Suture materials comparison chart - Wikipedia

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   A synthetic adsorbable suture material. Braided synthetic adsorbable multifilament made of polyglycolic acid and coated with N-laurin and L-lysine, which render the thread extremely smooth, soft and knot safe. A synthetic adsorbable suture material. Monofilament synthetic absorbable suture, prepared from the polyester, poly (p-dioxanone ...

8. Barbed suture - Wikipedia

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   A barbed suture is a type of knotless surgical suture that has barbs on its surface. While suturing tissue, these barbs penetrate inside the tissue and lock them into place, eliminating the need for knots to tie the suture. Conventional sutures rely on a surgeon's ability to tie secure knots; barbed sutures provide a knotless alternative in ...

9. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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   -ectomy : surgical removal (see List of -ectomies). The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.-opsy : looking at-oscopy : viewing of, normally with a scope-ostomy or -stomy : surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma", from the Greek στόμα (stóma), meaning "body", see List of -ostomies)