Nothing to do with our feline friends,
catgut is in fact made from the intestines of cattle, mainly sheep.
In group 1, polypropylene 5/0 suture was used where as in group 2 chromic
catgut 5/0 was used for suturing.
The two lengths of
catgut were pulled to achieve compression.
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CATGUT: Collagen from cow or sheep intestinal mucosa.
The vessels around the area were ligated with 2/ 0 chromic
catgut and subsequently the mucocele was removed.
The collection, established in 1996, came about through a joint effort of Carleen Hutchins and other representatives of the
Catgut Acoustical Society (CAS), Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), and Virginia Benade.
and tied them with
catgut mumbled something in a rhyme closed his eyes
Washington, June 16 (ANI): A new research has suggested that synthetic sutures cause less pain than natural "
catgut" sutures in women who receive stitches after a vaginal birth.
-- Perineal repairs involving fast-absorbing polyglactin 910 sutures resulted in less pain and earlier resumption of sexual intercourse for new mothers in a randomized, controlled trial comparing the material with standard polyglactin 910 and chromic
catgut.
External suturing was done with 5-0 nylon, and intranasal suturing was done with 5-0 chromic
catgut. Because the cartilage was placed in a position corresponding to the original nasal floor and stabilized into snug pockets, insetting the skin island had the effect of pushing the scar edges into this corrected position and restoring the nostril aperture (figure 4).
Only five of the pens, made from soft quill and
catgut, and valued at pounds 3,500 each, are thought to be in existence.
He goes on: `The supreme task of the artist is to be the bridge between earth and heaven, to mediate the spiritual through the material, so that in generations to come people will say, "We have heard it through music, through poetry; we have seen it through painting, sculpture, photography or film; we have felt it through ceramics, textiles or carving." The Word made accessible and available, through paint and bronze and
catgut and celluloid, through clay, thread and wood.
Stringed instruments are strung with
catgut, right?
Hutchins of the
Catgut Acoustical Society in Montclair, N.J.
