Surgical sutures are used to facilitate closure and healing of surgical‐or trauma‐induced
wounds by upholding tissues together to facilitate healing process. There is a wide range of …

Abstract Purpose of Review This article discusses the incidence, evaluation, and treatment
of bladder outlet obstruction from urethral stricture, vesicourethral anastomotic stricture, and …

Objective: To describe the technical evolution and perioperative outcomes of vesicourethral
anastomosis (VUA) in transvesical (TV) single-port robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (SP …

Background Unidirectional barbed suture (UBS) has been widely used for surgery in recent
years, especially for urethrovesical anastomosis (UVA) during robot-assisted radical …

Objective Intracorporeal reconstruction of the digestive tract is technically challenging. The V-
Loc 180 wound closure device (Covidien) is a self-anchoring unidirectional barbed suture …

(1) Background: Laparoscopic surgery replaced traditional invasive techniques for the
treatment of common urogenital disorders in equids. The aim of this review is to evaluate …

Objective To evaluate use of a knotless suture for laparoscopic closure of the equine
nephrosplenic space. Study Design Experimental in vivo study. Animals Normal horses …

Objective To examine the effectiveness of barbed suture (BS) compared with conventional
sutures for vesicourethral anastomosis (VUA) during minimally invasive radical …

Purpose Barbed self-retaining sutures (SRS) have been introduced as an advance in suture
technology, facilitating reconstructive laparoscopic surgery. We present the experience of …

As one of the earliest surgeries applying knotless barbed suture, the minimally invasive
radical prostatectomy (MIRP) was reported to have various effects on the patients and the …