Because absorbable sutures don’t last as long as other types of stitches, you should stay away from activities that could strain the site until you’re done healing. Keep checking your wound.

Christine Kettle and colleagues from North Staffordshire Hospital (NHS Trust), Stoke on Trent, UK, compared two different suturing techniques (continuous and interrupted), and two types of suture ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ECRI Institute, the independent leader in medical device safety and evaluation, announces the completion of an extensive laboratory ...