Sutures are filaments, fibers or thread-like materials used to hold a wound or tissue together. In surgical language, sutures are used for apposition – that is, the positioning (of tissue) side by ...

Surgeries with the endoscope are exacting and require special capabilities of the surgeon. The suturing of the tissue and the setting of the knots, in particular, is very complicated due to the lack ...

“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 ...

Endoscopic suturing devices are more effective than endoscopic clips when closing colonic perforations, according to a recent study published in the journal Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Researchers ...

DENVER — Wounds heal better when closed with the purse-string suture than when not sutured, a new study shows. However, although there was modest improvement in speed of healing and a reduction in ...

Objective To assess the difference in clinical outcome between lacerations of the hand closed with sutures and those treated conservatively. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting Emergency ...