Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Key Takeaways Most wounds heal by closing right away with stitches or other ...

I recently admitted my first resident with a surgical incision with staples intact in a hip wound. Do you have tips on how to care for this wound? First and foremost, ensure that you read and ...

The clearance was based on data from 25 clinical studies which included 5560 patients. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Smith+Nephew’s PICO 7 and PICO 14 Single Use Negative Pressure ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although wound closure is often considered a routine part of orthopedic surgery, complications such as surgical ...

Routine glove and instrument changes prior to closing abdominal incisions can reduce surgical site infections (SSIs), according to a large clinical trial conducted in low- and middle-income countries ...

Of the 31 studies that provided evidence relevant to the decision problem, 15 were randomised controlled trials and 16 were non-randomised comparative observational studies. The 15 randomised ...

"Sutures? That's practically medieval!" It is a staple of science fiction to mock sutures as outdated. The technique has, after all, been in use for at least 5,000 years. Surely medicine should have ...

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A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet -- a cotton swab -- may be a key tool in the fight against post-surgical wound infections. A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet -- ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN; LSE:SN), the global medical technology business, welcomes the launch of new medical technologies guidance from the UK National Institute for Health ...

The committee noted considerable evidence to show the effectiveness of PICO in reducing rates of surgical site infections (18 studies) and seromas (7 studies). The company did meta-analyses using a ...