tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post7935235060588022182..comments2023-08-15T09:39:41.235-05:00Comments on Sutured for a Living: Barbed Suturesrlbateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-18937245666243181792008-05-01T08:06:00.000-05:002008-05-01T08:06:00.000-05:00I like the idea for closing skin wounds....not so ...I like the idea for closing skin wounds....not so much for fascia.Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-56483731939518469442008-05-01T02:30:00.000-05:002008-05-01T02:30:00.000-05:00Interesting. Never seen sutures like this in use.B...Interesting. Never seen sutures like this in use.<BR/><BR/>Be sure to submit it for the "Tools of the trade" surgexp edition!Øysteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639945934219989040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-24364744651663719952008-04-30T22:19:00.000-05:002008-04-30T22:19:00.000-05:00Interesting post as usual. Thanks.Interesting post as usual. Thanks.Neumedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643244040005935391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-85630406690355977282008-04-29T07:12:00.000-05:002008-04-29T07:12:00.000-05:00Thanks, Bruce. I'll have to see if I can get some...Thanks, Bruce. I'll have to see if I can get some to try.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-24719948742475859362008-04-29T07:11:00.000-05:002008-04-29T07:11:00.000-05:00I tried one recently for a thyroidectomy incision....I tried one recently for a thyroidectomy incision. It handled nicely and it pulled the skin edges together more securely than a monofiliment suture (I usually use PDS). So, maybe, it is a good thing.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796821092673583519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-47176767780254280042008-04-28T16:28:00.000-05:002008-04-28T16:28:00.000-05:00Dreaming, the reports are comparable. So if you t...Dreaming, the reports are comparable. So if you tend to form keloids, you probably still would.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-75866884988207729602008-04-28T15:35:00.000-05:002008-04-28T15:35:00.000-05:00That looks like an embroidery stitch to me ;) wha...That looks like an embroidery stitch to me ;) <BR/><BR/>what about scarring? (asks the person who gets big ugly keloids)Dreaming againhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15717590226520457326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-23514926977580595562008-04-28T10:44:00.000-05:002008-04-28T10:44:00.000-05:00I no nothing of sutures, so cannot help, but I do ...I no nothing of sutures, so cannot help, but I do know that if ever I have surgery, I want that American Flag as a wound closure please - very cool :)AZReamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190719336078267911noreply@blogger.com