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Category: Surgical Skills

Surgical instruments and surgical techniques

Surgical Skills

Corner Stitch

Epomedicine Oct 5, 2020 No Comments Surgical skills

Synonym: Half-buried horizontal mattress suture Indications: V, Y or X-pattern laceration repair Risk: Dermal stitch may be placed too close to the tip of the…

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Surgical Sutures – Basics

Epomedicine Sep 17, 2020 No Comments Surgical skills

Monofilament Polyfilament Absorbable Caprosyn (Polyglytone 621)Monocryl (Polyglecaprone 25)Biosyn (Polyglecaprone CV-23)Maxon (Polytrimethylate carbon)PDS (Polydiaxonone) CatgutVicryl rapide (Polyglactin 910 rapide)Vicryl (Polyglactin 910)Dexon (Polyglycolic acid) Non-absorbable NylonEthilon (Monofilament…

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Surgical Blades

Dr. Vinay Kumar Parepalli, MBBS Jul 23, 2020 No Comments Surgical skills

One of the oldest surgical instruments used even today is a Scalpel (Surgical Blade with a Bard Parker Handle). Long before using metals in manufacturing, parts…

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Allgower Donati Suture Technique

Epomedicine Jun 5, 2020 No Comments Surgical skills

Donati’s suture (commonly called as vertical mattress suture) has a far-far-near-near (F-F-N-N) configuration where the far-through stitches seize the subcutaneous tissue and the near-through stitches…

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SOP surgical patient
Surgical Skills

SOP – A Surgical Patient

Dr. Vinay Kumar Parepalli, MBBS Jun 3, 2020 2 Comments General conceptsSurgery

Most patients have only one operation in their lives and to them, it is of great concern and a Solemn Occasion, though it is just…

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surgical blade mnemonic
Surgical Skills

Surgical blade size : Tricks to remember

Epomedicine Apr 17, 2020 No Comments Surgery

Surgical blade anatomy Sharp edge: Belly Tip Unsharpened ridge opposite to the edge: Spine Slot for scalpel Surgical blade numbers Here is a trick to…

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Pterygium excsion bare sclera
Surgical Skills

Pterygium Excision

Epomedicine Jun 2, 2014 No Comments OphthalmologySurgery

Indications for surgery: 1. Reduced vision secondary to: Threatens visual axis: Pterygium advancing toward or already impinging visual axis Induced astigmatism: Due to flattening of…

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DCR
Surgical Skills

External Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)

Epomedicine Dec 18, 2013 No Comments OphthalmologySurgery

Definition External Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) is the surgery to connect the mucosal surface of lacrimal sac to the nasal mucosa by removing the intervening bone. It…

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