IOWA CITY - Iowa City West High School student Dasia Taylor is creating surgical sutures that change color to let patients know if a wound is infected. After a year of research, the 17-year-old is ...

All over the world, infections at the site of surgical incisions are a major cause of new illnesses, extended hospital stays and even death. In the U.S. alone, these infections cost more than $3 ...

Sutures embedded with stem cells led to quicker and stronger healing of Achilles tendon tears than traditional sutures, according to a new study. Achilles tendon injuries are common for professional, ...

Barbed sutures have emerged as a transformative innovation in surgical wound closure, offering a knotless design that facilitates more uniform stress distribution and reduces operative time. Developed ...

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 ...