Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

‌Absorbable sutures, also known as dissolvable stitches, are sutures that can naturally dissolve and be absorbed by the body as a wound heals. Not all wounds are sealed with absorbable sutures.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Visual rehabilitation in aphakia and malpositioned IOLs often requires surgical intervention with secondary IOL ...

Figure 1: Gli1+ cells are restricted to the suture mesenchyme of craniofacial bones and are undifferentiated cells. Figure 2: Gli1+ cells in the suture mesenchyme contribute to adult craniofacial bone ...

Mesh Suture, d.b.a. MSi, today announced the FDA 510(k) clearance for DURAMESH, a non-absorbable polypropylene mesh suture used for the surgical closure of soft tissues including muscles, fascia, ...

In surgical procedures, the last knot of a suture is crucial because it must hold the wound firmly in place to allow proper healing. But many surgeons struggle to apply the perfect tension. Tie it too ...

DENVER, CO—A percutaneous, suture-based system for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure is showing potential, given its lack of postprocedural complication risk—something observed with traditional ...

“You can use thread, dental floss, even the hair from a horse’s tail,” says Cheryl Lowry, a physician and deputy director at the Center for Polar Medical Operations at the University of Texas Medical ...

The self-tightening suture material can be stretched and self-tightens at body temperature within 15 seconds. While the suture was not as strong as commercially available sutures, it appeared to be ...