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...

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

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...

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

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...

Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or to resect and/or connect parts of an organ (e.g. bowels...

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

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

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

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 (also called hernia mash) is a medical implant made of loosely woven mesh, which is used in surgery as either a permanent or temporary structural...

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

the development and manufacture of surgical sutures along with various other products in the wound closure, surgical technique, and aseptic technique categories...

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

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

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....

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

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

Additionally, the underlying sutures can sometimes lead to corneal irritation. The incisional method, known as surgical resection, entails making an incision...

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...

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

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

the graft to the source and target vessels by hand using surgical suture, creating a surgical anastomosis. Common bypass sites include the heart (coronary...

A surgical incision is a cut made through the skin and soft tissue to facilitate an operation or procedure. Often, multiple incisions are possible for...

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

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

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...

Stay sutures are temporary surgical sutures which are placed during operation to hold or manipulate the operating area. In cases of ocular surgery, tracheostomy...