Undergraduates at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have developed a disposable suturing tool designed to guide the placement of stitches, according to a news release. The FastStitch device, ...

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 ...

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 ...

ACL reconstruction is a widely accepted treatment for patients who have instability symptoms from ACL deficiency and desire to resume activity. Surgical reconstruction may be appropriate, for many of ...