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 ...

“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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgeons need to consider internal and external friction with different kinds of knots. A variety of suture ...

Nice and steady does it. A video analysis system uses motion tracking and machine learning to assess how good surgeons are at suturing a wound. “Different surgeons all have different styles of ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. (“Apollo”) (NASDAQ:APEN), a leader in less invasive surgical medical devices for bariatric and gastrointestinal procedures, announced today U.S ...

A team has concocted a sugar-heavy stent to reduce the margin of error in a delicate surgical procedure. Reconstructive procedures and organ transplants demand nimble ...