Surgical stitches, or sutures, are used to close wounds following injury or surgery and to support the healing process. But sutured wounds are susceptible to infection, with infections at surgical ...

As the father of six active children, I often have a teary-eyed child coming to me with an accidental cut and asking, “Does it need stitches?” Stitches are indicated when the depth of the wound would ...

Non-absorbable sutures are used to close skin wounds because they make the wound less noticeable and therefore, cosmetically more appealing. When the sutures are used in skin wounds, they are removed ...

In a study comparing sutures (stitches) versus surgical staples for closing a C-section, researchers found a 57 percent decrease in wound complications in women who were sutured versus those who ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Ollie Howell composed this bright-eyed set of contemporary jazz originals while undergoing and recuperating from a ...

Incisions, integral to surgical interventions, necessitate meticulous attention and care post-operation to ensure favourable healing outcomes. Effective wound management involves employing appropriate ...

Triboelectric effect The bioabsorbable electrical stimulation suture (BioES-suture) converts the mechanical energy of movement into effective electrical stimulation. (Courtesy: Zhouquan Sun and ...

Change is coming to a little-known company in Bangalore which manufactures healthcare consumables such as sutures, gloves and mesh that form the backbone of surgeries. For 20 years since its inception ...

BENGALURU : How do you like to spend your time after a stressful day at work? Catch up on a gripping series or movie perhaps? Here is a city-based surgeon who crochets to destress after long gruelling ...

(PHILADELPHIA) -- In the largest study to date comparing sutures (stitches) versus surgical staples for closing a C-section, researchers found a 57 percent decrease in wound complications in women who ...