If you’ve ever had surgery, you know firsthand how important it is to keep the wound from getting infected. There are special conductive sutures that sense changes in wound status via electrical ...

If a person does need to remove their stitches, they should follow their doctor’s instructions carefully to reduce the risk of infection and other complications. The most likely complication of ...

Among these, microbial attachment and growth on surgical suture lines accounts for more than 20% of health-related infections in patients. As a result, extensive research has been conducted to ...