For most people, getting burrs stuck to your clothes during a hike is nothing more than a nuisance, something to pick off and throw out when you get home. But for scientists at the Center for ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ceterix ® Orthopaedics today announced the issuance of a new patent related to the company’s method of placing a suture around a tear to affect a meniscus repair 1, ...

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ceterix ® Orthopaedics, Inc., a leader in the development of cutting-edge surgical tools for orthopaedic surgeons, today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No.

Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that a simple, continuous stitching technique to repair tears to the perineum after vaginal delivery can prevent one woman in six from ...

Aspiring doctors and vets took part in a practical workshop led by third-year medical students from Brighton and Sussex Medical School ...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA., Nobles Medical Technologies II (NMT2) today announced that it has received another Patent for the NobleStitch™Technology which provides coverage for its PFO device in Japan. The ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In anatomically compromised eyes with violated posterior lens capsule, the choice of placement of an IOL ...

The reported occurrence of IOL dislocation after cataract surgery varies from 0.05% to 1.8%. Surgical correction of malpositioned IOLs can be challenging even for the most experienced cataract surgeon ...

For pregnant women who have their cervix stitched closed to reduce the risk for miscarriage, rates of pregnancy loss do not differ after receiving either of the two most popular surgical sutures, ...