Locally available plant materials for use as ophthalmic surgical swabs

Four locally available plant materials have been studied and adapted for use as suitable surgical swabs for various ophthalmic surgical procedures. The corn, the millet, the sugar cane stems and the banana leaf frond provide very cheap, easily available and suitable materials for use as alternative...

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Published in:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1986-11, Vol.68 (6), p.307-309
Main Author: Oji, E O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Animals
Blood
Developing Countries
Eye Diseases - surgery
Fruit
Hot Temperature
Humans
Nigeria
Panicum
Plants
Rabbits
Surgical Equipment
Water
Zea mays
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Summary:Four locally available plant materials have been studied and adapted for use as suitable surgical swabs for various ophthalmic surgical procedures. The corn, the millet, the sugar cane stems and the banana leaf frond provide very cheap, easily available and suitable materials for use as alternative surgical swabs to the much used and tested German Spontex swabs.
ISSN:0035-8843
1478-7083