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 ...

Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that allows the interior of a joint to be examined or repaired. A primary purpose of arthroscopic surgery, as compared with more invasive ...

Is it safer to use sutures or staples for skin closure after orthopaedic surgery? The authors performed a meta-analysis of reports published in the past 60 years and found that only 6 of 194 ...

April 6, 2012 (San Antonio, Texas) — Some strabismus surgeons operating for ocular misalignment leave their sutures long in order to be able to make postoperative adjustments. Other surgeons believe ...

A recent review published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts examines the state of cellulose-based sutures, focusing on materials, fabrication methods, and application performance. The ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Every surgical procedure, from routine appendectomies to complex organ transplants, relies on a technology that has remained fundamentally unchanged for thousands of years: the ...

Plus Sutures (Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson Medical) is a range of synthetic, absorbable sutures that are either impregnated with or coated with triclosan (Irgacare MP), a purified medical grade ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Europe Surgical Suture Market Forecast to 2027 - COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis By Product , Type , Application , and Country" report has been added to ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., SentreHEART, Inc. announced that it has received CE Mark approval for the LARIAT Surgical Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Suture Delivery Device. The LARIAT Surgical LAA device is a ...