Using human hair as suture material in microsurgical practice.
For practice in microsurgery, animal models and microsurgical instruments are required. The use of some synthetic and non-animal materials such as human placenta and other tissues have also been suggested for practicing. The other material that is needed is microsuture. These materials are expensive and often not easily obtained. To meet this requirement, the authors present human hair as a microsuture material for microsurgical practice.
Eroğlu
Lütfi
L
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University, Faculty of Medicine, Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey.
Güneren
Ethem
E
Akbaş
Hayati
H
Demir
Ahmet
A
Uysal
Ata
A
D000818:Animals; D006197:Hair / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013537:Sutures; D013718:Tensile Strength