BARCELONA — Use of absorbable sutures limited the incidence of most surgical complications in Achilles tendon repair compared with nonabsorbable sutures. However, functional outcomes were not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The lateral hip is a common site for hip pain. It has been termed greater trochanteric pain syndrome and the ...

April 23, 2007 (Las Vegas) — Patients who undergo laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with primarily transabdominal permanent sutures or tacks experience similar recurrence rates, according to a study ...

Over the last decade, scientists have experimented with using stem cells to heal or replace the scarred tissue that mars the heart after a heart attack. While the cells do spur some level of repair in ...

Researchers have developed a python-tooth-inspired device as a supplement to current rotator cuff suture repair, and found that it nearly doubled repair strength. Their biomimetic approach following ...

Sutures are filaments, fibers or thread-like materials used to hold a wound or tissue together. In surgical language, sutures are used for apposition – that is, the positioning (of tissue) side by ...

Nerve Tape® enables nerve repair without microsutures, significantly reducing surgery time Biomechanical testing shows the device offers a stronger or comparable hold compared with standard ...

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