‌Absorbable sutures, also known as dissolvable stitches, are sutures that can naturally dissolve and be absorbed by the body as a wound heals. Not all wounds are sealed with absorbable sutures.

Assut Europe S.p.A Launches GexFix Veterinary Sutures in the United States, Setting a New Benchmark in Quality and ...

Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers have found. Sutures -- whose use is described in Egyptian scrolls dating from 3500 B.C. -- ...

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 ...

Absorbable sutures for children eliminate the need for removal. Absorbable sutures take the guesswork out of when to remove sutures while saving the patient time and money. Have you ever tried to ...

Monocryl® is the trade name of a polymeric monofilament thread made of glycolic acid and caprolactone acid, used for approximation and suturing of body tissues that require a moderate support time, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ethicon*, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies**, today announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new medical ...

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 ...