An announcement on July 30 (Tue) details that a research team led by Professor Jaehong Lee at the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The complex process of wound healing has long challenged medical professionals seeking to monitor recovery accurately and non-invasively. Traditional methods of assessing wound ...

“You can use thread, dental floss, even the hair from a horse’s tail,” says Cheryl Lowry, a physician and deputy director at the Center for Polar Medical Operations at the University of Texas Medical ...

A research team from Zhejiang University in China has developed a technology that elevates the surgical capabilities of both robots and humans with "a single knot," the South China Morning Post, SCMP, ...

Clinicians (and published guidelines) encourage patients to keep sutures dry and dressed for 1 to 2 days after surgery, presumably to diminish the risk for wound infections. This advice may be ...

When you’ve had a wound that required stitches, the recovery period can feel frustratingly slow. Whether from surgery, an accident, or another injury, properly cared for stitches not only heal faster ...

Traditionally, punch biopsy sites have been sutured, but the benefit of this practice has never been scientifically demonstrated. In this prospective, randomized, method-comparison study, 82 healthy ...