WASHINGTON, DC—For vascular closure after transfemoral TAVI, a strategy that combines suture- and plug-based devices halves the risk of access site-related vascular complications during a patient’s’ ...

Is it safer to use sutures or staples for skin closure after orthopaedic surgery? The authors performed a meta-analysis of reports published in the past 60 years and found that only 6 of 194 ...

Results from the largest randomized trial available comparing different closure device strategies following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) found that a plug-based vascular closure ...

Suture-based vascular closure devices (VCDs) can, in real-world practice, lead to complications and even death, analysis of a US Food and Drug Administration database confirms. These adverse outcomes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A micro-anchor skin closure device [BandGrip] produces significantly faster orthopedic incision closure times ...

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

The company’s Zip device aims to minimize scarring compared to staples, sutures or glue while the wound heals following a procedure. (Pixabay) () Two recent clinical studies from ZipLine Medical ...

The advantages of direct defect closure over skin grafting or flaps are both obvious and well documented. There is no additional scarring, no donor site, and as only local skin is used, the tissue ...