During the delivery, medical staff accidentally dropped a needle into her vagina while suturing and failed to retrieve it.

Steri-Strips—thin adhesive strips commonly used to help stabilize an incision after stitches have been removed or dissolved—are meant to be worn until they fall off on their own. However, if they ...

Absorbable subcuticular sutures are widely used, being cosmetically attractive and avoiding the need for suture material. They have, however, generally been locked with buried knots that can cause ...

There are special conductive sutures that sense changes in wound status via electrical signal and relay the information to a computer or smart phone. As awesome as those sound, they’re a first ...