Medical Supplies
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🧵regarding 'the crimp' and other technical pointers having to do with securing surgical drains with suture. We'll go over my preferred method, other methods like the Roman sandal,...
🧵of 🧵 We've covered most of the commonly used sutures...now it's time for Nylon. Most of us associate Nylon with skin closure, and that is what it's used for most of the time, but...
🧵of 🧵 We've done several sutures already, now it's time to cover Vicryl (polyglactin 910). Vicryl is the Ford truck of sutures: it's strong, familiar to everyone, and easy to use....
🧵of 🧵 We've covered several sutures now. Next is Monocryl (or poliglecaprone 25). It was designed for skin and subcutaneous tissues, and is still used mostly for that, but is als...
🧵of 🧵...we've done chromic and PDS (links at the end). Now we'll cover the Nickelback of suture material...silk. I use the analogy because silk has been around a long time: it's ir...
Finishing the series on scalpel blades (we’ll get to other stuff, I promise). In this 🧵 we’ll explore the difference between plastic disposable scalpels and ‘real’ steel surgical...
Xeroform gauze is yellow because it contains bismuth tribromophenate, a chemical compound that is light yellow in color. It also has petrolatum and other oils. Historically it h...
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