From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Thu May 16 2002 - 05:38:30 MDT
On 14 May 2002, James Rogers wrote:
> little ampules cost a fortune (around $15 each). Obviously the medical
> cyanoacrylate formulation is probably going to be a significantly
> better choice than Crazy Glue since it was engineered for the task of
> bonding tissue in a manner that won't cause injury.
I've seen vanilla Crazy Glue used in surgery at CCR. There are niche
applications where you can't or would rather not suture, and cyanoacrylate
does just fine. (Plus, it hydrolyzes inside the body, so you don't have to
remove the sutures).
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