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 ...

Researchers tested two types of sutures -- poliglecaprone 25 (monocryl® suture) and polyglactin 910 (vicryl® suture). Monocryl is an absorbable, single filament suture with low tissue reactivity which ...

College of Medicine students can now train as doctors using manikins and suture pads that better resemble patients with different skin colors and body types. Sheryl Pfeil, medical director of the ...

ZipLine Medical has won $19 million to back marketing of its Zip Surgical Skin Closure products--which are intended to be as speedy as staples but with an outcome that's comparable to sutures, thereby ...

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that a simple, continuous stitching technique to repair tears to the perineum after vaginal delivery can prevent one woman in six from ...

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