From cesarean deliveries to vascular and skin surgeries, closure technique choices can have lasting effects on recovery and complication rates. Research shows that specific methods—whether sutures, ...

Is it safer to use sutures or staples for skin closure after orthopaedic surgery? The authors performed a meta-analysis of reports published in the past 60 years and found that only 6 of 194 ...

WASHINGTON, DC—For vascular closure after transfemoral TAVI, a strategy that combines suture- and plug-based devices halves the risk of access site-related vascular complications during a patient’s’ ...

Suture-based vascular closure devices (VCDs) can, in real-world practice, lead to complications and even death, analysis of a US Food and Drug Administration database confirms. These adverse outcomes ...

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 ...

Dissolvable sutures was by itself quite a novel development in the field of wound closure. But Philadelphia startup ZSX Medical, founded in 2009, wants to improve the way those sutures actually ...

Two recent clinical studies from ZipLine Medical showed that its surgical wound closure system demonstrated improvements in both patient outcomes and overall costs compared to surgical staples. The ...