Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

Trauma surgeon Annie Onishi shows WIRED contributor Peter Rubin how to tie various forms of surgical knots. Annie demonstrates the techniques behind a one-handed knot using different types of sutures ...

Which suture practice kits are best? You don’t need to be a medical student to want to learn how to suture up a wound. With suture practice kits, anyone can further develop their emergency medical ...

A hands-on medical seminar to show college students how to correctly bind an open wound attracted an overflow crowd Wednesday to the Hanson Hall of Science at Augustana College in Rock Island. Some 60 ...

The lateral hip is a common site for hip pain. It has been termed greater trochanteric pain syndrome and the condition can be debilitating for patients. It has been shown in MRI studies that ...

Several factors help a veterinarian to determine whether it’s advisable to suture a horse’s wound closed or leave it open.

Thirty Cristo Rey St. Martin students attended an on-site, hands-on suture clinic recently after school in CRSM's chemistry lab in Waukegan. Hosted by Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ...