UTAH (WIVB) — A new way to do surgery could eliminate the need for stitches. It started with engineers needing the tools for space flight to be smaller and more compact. Now, they’re using that ...

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 early as 3000 BC, ancient Egyptians described the use of sutures for drawing open wounds shut to facilitate healing. These early medical accounts report the use of plant-based materials such as ...

In a study of almost 700 pregnant women who received a cervical stitch designed to prevent preterm labor, the use of one type of suture over another was associated with three times higher risk of ...

Letting robots perform surgery independently may ultimately improve outcomes for patients, researchers say. In experiments on pigs, surgical stitches made by autonomous robots were as good as, or ...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the worldwide launch of the SILS™ Stitch articulating suturing device for ...

Surgical staples are used to close incisions after surgery. Staples may be a better option in some cases than stitches or sutures. Unlike stitches, surgical staples don’t dissolve as your incision or ...

A thin polymer bio-film that seals surgical wounds could make sutures a relic of medical history. Measuring just 50 microns, the film is placed on a surgical wound and exposed to an infrared laser, ...

Beginning four months after surgery, selective suture removal is done every two weeks until all or nearly all of the sutures are moved. Recovery from the outpatient DSAEK procedure is quicker because ...