RT Journal
A1 Fallon J
T1 Hernia: Attachment of fascial strip to gallie needle
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD September 23
VO 113
IS 13
SP 1223
OP 1223
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.72800380002011a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.72800380002011a
AB Fastening the fascial strip to the Gallie needle by suture or ligature wastes time and crushes the end of the strip enough to make it a foreign body. After watching me try various mechanical fasteners only to discard them, my operating room supervisor Sister Mary Clare suggested the obvious solution sketched here. For smooth passage the loop should follow after the needle, not be wrapped round the eye. Use of this loop for two years has shown several advantages and one disadvantage: it does not hold against a strong pull. But fascial strips should not be subjected either to tension or to ungentle surgery.390 Main Street.