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  2. List of instruments used in ophthalmology - Wikipedia

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    •Guarded eye speculum (left and right)-do-; heavy instrument but can keep eyelashes out of the operating field with its "guard" and hence left or right ones are required •Wire Speculum: to keep the eyes open during any operation; light wire instrument Needle holders: holding the needle in position while applying sutures •Silcock's needle ...

  3. Suture (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Crocodilian form of crurotarsal ankle. The astragalus (pink) is fixed to the tibia (green) by a suture. Adapted with permission from Palaeos. In the type of crurotarsal ankle, which is found in crocodilians and some other archosaurs, the astragalus is fixed to the tibia by a suture, and the joint bends around a peg on the astragalus, which fits into a socket in the calcaneum.

  4. Zygomaticofrontal suture - Wikipedia

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    The zygomaticofrontal suture (or frontozygomatic suture) is the cranial suture between the zygomatic bone and the frontal bone. The suture can be palpated just lateral to the eye. The suture can be palpated just lateral to the eye.

  5. Medicine - Wikipedia

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    In recent centuries, since the advent of modern science, most medicine has become a combination of art and science (both basic and applied, under the umbrella of medical science). For example, while stitching technique for sutures is an art learned through practice, knowledge of what happens at the cellular and molecular level in the tissues ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Human eye - Wikipedia

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    Blue eyes are also found in southern Europe, Central Asia, South Asia, North Africa and West Asia. [58] [59] Approximately 8% to 10% of the global population have blue eyes. [35] A 2002 study found that the prevalence of blue eye color among the white population in the United States to be 33.8% for those born from 1936 through 1951.

  8. Manual small incision cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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    MSICS is a procedure that was developed to reduce costs in comparison with phacoemulsification, which requires expensive high-tech equipment that needs skilled maintenance, and is relatively unsuited to less developed regions, and to eliminate the need for suturing the incision, by using a self-sealing incision.

  9. Stay sutures - Wikipedia

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    Stay sutures are temporary surgical sutures which are placed during operation to hold or manipulate the operating area. In cases of ocular surgery, [1] tracheostomy, [2] suprapubic cystolithotomy, appendicectomy, ureterolithotomy, or choledocholithotomy stay sutures can be given. They can be used to temporarily align a structure to stabilize it.