Undergraduates at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have developed a disposable suturing tool designed to guide the placement of stitches, according to a news release. The FastStitch device, ...

Post-keratoplasty astigmatism is managed by topography-guided suture removal. This can take several weeks until satisfactory reduction in astigmatism is achieved. This study aimed to assess whether ...

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 ...