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Stitches are typically removed by a healthcare professional. But if you need to remove them yourself, using sterilized tools and keeping the area clean can help to minimize risks. Stitches are used ...

A medical professional must remove stitches to ensure proper wound healing and reduce infection risk. It is not safe to remove stitches at home. Surgeons also use stitches, or sutures, to close an ...

Staples, stitches, and even super glue are all options for treating large cuts. But how do emergency physicians decide what to use to get wounds back together? Emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen ...

Liquid stitches are used to close and protect wounds instead of sutures or bandages. They’re a colorless, sticky liquid glue that can be placed directly on a wound to hold together the torn edges of ...

The decision to use sutures or staples to close incisions after a cesarean delivery has been debated in the obstetrics community, but results from a new study seem to give sutures the edge, at least ...

“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 ...

Although wound closure is often considered a routine part of orthopedic surgery, complications such as surgical site infection, wound dehiscence and scarring can occur. When considering surgery, ...

Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by transforming muscle movement into electricity, researchers report October 8 ...

Two recent clinical studies from ZipLine Medical showed that its surgical wound closure system demonstrated improvements in both patient outcomes and overall costs compared to surgical staples. The ...

Itchy stitches may occur as a wound heals. A person can use antihistamine medication or cold compresses for relief, and a doctor may prescribe alternative treatments if the itching is severe. A person ...