Tunica albuginea plication (TAP) surgery for Peyronie’s disease (PD) is classically described using nonabsorbable suture. Many patients are aware of nodularity at the suture sites (50–88%), and some ...

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

April 23, 2007 (Las Vegas) — Patients who undergo laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with primarily transabdominal permanent sutures or tacks experience similar recurrence rates, according to a study ...

There have been many published procedures addressing the repair of involutional entropion. This article revisits the use of the three-suture technique first described by Quickert and Rathbun. Benger ...

Plus Sutures (Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson Medical) is a range of synthetic, absorbable sutures that are either impregnated with or coated with triclosan (Irgacare MP), a purified medical grade ...

At the military hospital in Zaporizhzhia, surgeons have been working around the clock to tend those wounded in the war - Copyright POOL/AFP Anthony Kwan At the ...

As the father of six active children, I often have a teary-eyed child coming to me with an accidental cut and asking, “Does it need stitches?” Stitches are indicated when the depth of the wound would ...

In a study to be presented Thursday, Jan. 26, in the oral concurrent session at 1:15 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, researchers with the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BIRMINGHAM, England — Absorbable triclosan-coated sutures used in total hip and knee arthroplasty were not ...