A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury...

Catgut suture is a type of surgical suture made of twisted strands of purified collagen taken from the small intestine of domesticated ruminants or beef...

different surgical suture materials exist. The following table compares some of the most common adsorbable sutures. "Examples of Surgical Suture Materials"...

exoskeleton splits during molting Surgical suture, a stitch used by doctors and surgeons to hold tissue together Suture (geology), a major fault through...

and Morocco, for local use. Catgut suture was once a widely used material in surgical settings. Catgut sutures remain in use in developing countries...

Surgical knots (ligatures) are the knots used to bind suture materials together while binding tissue in surgery. They are used in medical and veterinary...

Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or connect or remove parts of the bowels or lungs. The...

Examples would be colostomy takedown, herniorrhaphy of a hernia, and the surgical suture of a laceration. other procedures, including: clearing clogged ducts...

of products made from medical textiles include dressings, implants, surgical sutures, certain medical devices, healthcare textiles, diapers, menstrual pads...

Surgical scissors are scissors specially manufactured as surgical instruments, typically used for cutting sutures, dressings, and cutting and dissecting...

Crile hemostat, Kelly clamp, Kocher clamp) Surgical scissors Tool for tissue cutting, dissection, and suture. Straight and curved scissors are used for...

continuity after the resection of colon cancer. A surgical anastomosis can be created using suture sewn by hand, mechanical staplers and biological glues...

A barbed suture is a type of knotless surgical suture that has barbs on its surface. While suturing tissue, these barbs penetrate inside the tissue and...

conjunction with either surgical sutures or cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive to prevent post-operative bleeding. Circumcision surgical instruments should be...

has manufactured surgical sutures and wound closure devices since 1887. After World War II, Ethicon's market share in surgical sutures rose from 15% to...

Surgical mesh is a medical implant made of loosely woven mesh, which is used in surgery as either a permanent or temporary structural support for organs...

absorbable surgical sutures. The defendant and respondent in this case was Ethicon Ltd, a British company that wanted to launch a surgical suture in the British...

is typically conducted in a surgical setting. Cheesewiring or the cheesewire effect can also describe the process of suture material cutting or tearing...

treatment include infection, neuroma or cyst formation. Elastrator Surgical suture Cheesewiring Lois N. Magner (1992). A History of Medicine. CRC Press...

meaning "molded". -rrhaphy : to strengthen, usually with suture Cardiac surgery Surgical drain Endoscopy Fluorescence image-guided surgery Hypnosurgery...

best form of surgical approach for controlling atonic PPH as it helps in preserving the anatomical integrity of the uterus." Absorbable suture can be left...

as an alternative to sutures, staples, or clips. Glued closure results in less scarring and is less prone to infection than sutured or stapled closure....

described facial-defect reconstructions that featured loose sutures that permitted a surgical wound to heal without distorting the facial flesh; how to...

Monocryl is a synthetic, absorbable suture manufactured in Cornelia, Georgia, USA, and trademarked by Ethicon. It is composed of poliglecaprone 25, which...

Vicryl (polyglactin 910) is an absorbable, synthetic, usually braided suture, manufactured by Ethicon Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. A monofilament...

dictionary. Stitch, Stitches, Stitching or Stitched may refer to: Stitch, a surgical suture, a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury...

Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the fibrous sutures in a young infant's skull prematurely fuses by turning into bone (ossification)...

future pregnancy. When subcutaneous tissue is 2 cm thick or more, surgical suture is used. Discouraged practices include manual cervical dilation, any...

Wound dehiscence is a surgical complication in which a wound ruptures along a surgical incision. Risk factors include age, collagen disorder such as Ehlers–Danlos...

cyanoacrylate was approved in 1998; offered as an alternative to stitches, sutures, and or adhesive strips. When the 2-octyl cyanoacrylate monomers are exposed...