(Courtesy: Zhouquan Sun and Chengyi Hou) Surgical sutures are strong, flexible fibres used to close wounds caused by trauma or surgery. But could these stitches do more than just hold wounds closed?

The electronic suture can detect inflammation in a wound in real time to help to receive proper treatment. Furthermore, it can detect infectious conditions early, ensuring that treatment is not ...

It has been demonstrated that this mechanoelectric suture, which is constructed from biodegradable materials and generates electric fields in response to movement, significantly accelerates wound ...

When you think of sutures, you probably imagine the simple thread used to close wounds. But a team of researchers has taken ...

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 ...

The wounds are then closed using nonabsorbable sutures. Interrupted 10–0 nylon sutures are used for corneal wounds, 9–0 for limbal wounds, and 7–0 or 8–0 for scleral wounds. Corneal wound ...

In regenerative medicine, electrical sutures have emerged as a groundbreaking technique in muscle healing. They offer an innovative way to repair injuries faster and with less risk of complications.

It is a way to close wounds without needing to use sutures or stitches and it is strictly an adhesive tape with a little clip on it to give the wound apposition as it closes. DermaClip is ...

Sutures - stitches that hold a wound or cut together - don't always work well and can cause infections and pain. And tissue glues, which already exist, can take several minutes to work and may ...