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Robot improves suture proficiency more rapidly for surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques
New research published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that, among surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic
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LASER SKIN WELDING THE SUTURE OF FUTURE FOR SURGERY
Doctors of the future may be able to trade their needle and thread for high-tech laser "skin welding."
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ANTIMICROBIAL SUTURES REDUCE INFECTIONS IN BRAIN SHUNT SURGERY
Children born with hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain" must have shunts implanted to drain the fluid away from the brain to reduce harmful pressure. While
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HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DAMAGES ABSORBABLE SUTURES
Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
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NATURAL POLYESTER MAKES NEW SUTURES STRONGER, SAFER
With the help of a new type of suture based on MIT research, patients who get stitches may never need to have them removed.
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BIO-ADHESIVE, AN ALTERNATIVE TO SUTURING DAMAGED TISSUES AND ORGANS
It is more convenient to glue parts together than to suture them. Even surgeons agree to that. They only need a good adhesive. Siberian researchers have
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