The electronic suture is expected to contribute significantly to wound care and personalized care across various medical fields. The findings are published in the journal Advanced Functional ...

interrupted sutures, and the matching site was allowed to heal by second intention. Hemostasis of the second-intention healing site was achieved with gel foam. Wound care consisted of Tegaderm ...

Clinicians (and published guidelines) encourage patients to keep sutures dry and dressed for 1 to 2 days after surgery, presumably to diminish the risk for wound infections. This advice may be ...

If you’ve ever had surgery, you know firsthand how important it is to keep the wound from getting infected. There are special conductive sutures that sense changes in wound status via electrical ...