Re: Tying vicryl
From: Akhan Suleyman (akhan93@hotmail.com)
Fri Apr 13 15:11:33 2001
Surgeon's knot first, then three more single throws for vicryl or dexon. But
I'm sure that the knot security of dexon less than vicryl and it can slip
easily.
>From: "Myer S. Bornstein, MD, MMM, CPE, FACOG" <mborn@massmed.org>
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>I find that vicryl with a single throw will not slip but dexon or the us
>surgical equivalent will slip without a double throw
>Myer S. Bornstein, MD, MMM, CPE, FACOG
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>RModugno@aol.com
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>Subject: Tying vicryl
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>This subject may seem quite basic - but it's the basic stuff that sometimes
>yields the most lively discussion.
>
>I was taught to tie vicryl or dexon with the first throw as a double throw
>or
>surgical knot, or else it would slip.
>
>In my travels through different operations assisting different gyns &
>general
>surgeons, I have noticed that some tie this suture like they would be tying
>catgut - single throw , first throw. So cybergyns, which is the "correct"
>way?
>
>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>Marietta, GA
>( Fond of hemostasis)
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