[HSF] [Fwd: Image of the Week - Fixing a tube :)]

[A]

If you only knew the mental picture I had of you, quite different from the
real one.  It is a friendly remark. Please do not take it in any other way.

Ahmed
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From: openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com
[mailto:openheart-l-bounces at lists.hsforum.com] On Behalf Of prasannasimha
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:30 AM
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Subject: [HSF] [Fwd: Image of the Week - Fixing a tube :)]

Resent
Prasanna

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Pictures of Vicryl thread fixing of a tube. Last picture is of me 
desperately pulling on the tube to demonstrate that it holds well (To 
address Hal's concern about its holding property - I am my the toes and 
falling backwards to demonstrate its load bearing capacity !!!
Picture 1 is showing th stitch as placed in Dr Levinson's video - when 
tied it allows good edge to edge approximation of the skin edges 
compared to a classical purse string.
I bet some will think it is much ado about nothing but it does help and 
avoids "minor irritants" and at the end of it all that is what the 
patient sees even if you have spent hours doing some wonderful things 
inside him / her !!
Prasanna