NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who deliver by cesarean section seem to have similar cosmetic results whether the wound is closed with stitches or staples, a new study suggests. There are a number ...

‌Absorbable sutures, also known as dissolvable stitches, are sutures that can naturally dissolve and be absorbed by the body as a wound heals. Not all wounds are sealed with absorbable sutures.

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute, the independent leader in medical device safety and evaluation, announces the completion of an extensive ...

Trauma surgeon Annie Onishi shows WIRED contributor Peter Rubin how to tie various forms of surgical knots. Annie demonstrates the techniques behind a one-handed knot using different types of sutures ...

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, ...

Matthew Mostofi, DO, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and the Associate Chair of Emergency Medicine at Tufts Medical Center. He’s also an assistant professor at Tufts University ...

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that a simple, continuous stitching technique to repair tears to the perineum after vaginal delivery can prevent one woman in six from ...