A new study has gained international attention for providing clear, research-based answers to a question dentists worldwide have debated for years: Should an open or closed surgical technique be used ...

Conflict has sewn trauma in the western region of Colombia. Doctors Without Borders is working with local healers and health ...

Early study results show Orthocell’s flagship nerve repair product, Remplir, helps nerves heal faster and better than traditional suture methods. ... Read More The post Orthocell sets new benchmark in ...

These threads that bind wounds closed serve as a critical tool in healing but can also become a dangerous weakness in surgical recovery. When bacteria colonize sutures, they form resilient communities ...

But could these stitches do more than just hold wounds closed? Could they, for example, be designed to accelerate the healing process? A research team headed up at Donghua University in Shanghai has ...

Complete sealing of the opened tissue is essential for healing and minimizing complications, particularly for incisional wounds caused by surgery or trauma. Suture fibers have historically been ...

A wound that took up 69% of the surface area was reduced to just 10.8% with electrical sutures after 24 hours, while a control group that had regular sutures still covered 32.6% in the same timeframe.

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by transforming muscle movement into electricity, researchers report October ...

You may want to get stitches for wounds on your face and other highly visible places, even if they aren’t deep or severe. This will help the wound heal so it causes less scarring. If you do need ...

(click on image to enlarge) The research, published in Advanced Functional Materials ("Bioelectronic Sutures with Electrochemical pH-Sensing for Long-Term Monitoring of the Wound Healing Progress"), ...

Skin and vein vessel samples that will fly into low-Earth orbit for the Suture in Space experiment. How they did it — To learn about the “completely unknown” nature of wound healing in ...