Surgical wound closure techniques have evolved to balance efficient healing with optimal cosmetic results. Traditional methods such as interrupted and continuous sutures focus on reliable edge ...

For most people, getting burrs stuck to your clothes during a hike is nothing more than a nuisance, something to pick off and throw out when you get home. But for scientists at the Center for ...

For most people, getting burrs stuck to your clothes during a hike is nothing more than a nuisance, something to pick off and throw out when you get home. But for scientists at the Center for ...

Similar postinsertion complication and technical survival rates are seen with single- and double-purse-string suture catheter insertion methods for peritoneal dialysis, according to a study published ...

A combination of Steri-Strips and sutures may help close skin tears in fragile skin. Using a combination of sutures and Steri-Strips can help close skin tears in elderly patients with fragile skin.

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ceterix ® Orthopaedics, Inc., a leader in the development of cutting-edge surgical tools for orthopaedic surgeons, today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No.

For pregnant women who have their cervix stitched closed to reduce the risk for miscarriage, rates of pregnancy loss do not differ after receiving either of the two most popular surgical sutures, ...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA., Nobles Medical Technologies II (NMT2) today announced that it has received another Patent for the NobleStitch™Technology which provides coverage for its PFO device in Japan. The ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ceterix ® Orthopaedics today announced the issuance of a new patent related to the company’s method of placing a suture around a tear to affect a meniscus repair 1, ...