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

Sometime more than 5,000 years ago, man came up with the idea of suturing a wound with a needle and thread. Since then, this surgical principle has not changed much: Depending on the fingertip feeling ...

Derek F. Amanatullah, MD, PhD, reflects on a patient's post-knee replacement surgery experience, prompting a reevaluation of wound closure approaches and a reconsideration of deep arthrotomy closure ...

In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that lost more body water were likely to ...

Deposition of laminin into wound bed contributes to blood vessel growth, which in turn, feeds normal skin regeneration. W - wound, BV - blood vessels. Because the burden of non-healing wounds is so ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A panel of orthopedic surgeons published consensus statements on optimal wound closure and dressing management ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multiple debridements and the use of flaps are associated with longer closure times on complex infectious wounds ...

First surgeon-reported case using RECELL®, PermeaDerm®, and Cohealyx™ together in a single care pathwayNew clinical and tissue-level data on ...

In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that lost more body water were likely to ...

When a simple cut takes weeks to heal or a minor scrape refuses to close properly, hidden factors may be sabotaging the body’s natural recovery process. Understanding these obstacles can mean the ...