WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2016, Jo A. Hannafin, MD, PhD, discussed the use of absorbable and non-absorbable sutures in meniscal repair. She said orthopedic surgeons need to ...

Non-absorbable sutures are used to close skin wounds because they make the wound less noticeable and therefore, cosmetically more appealing. When the sutures are used in skin wounds, they are removed ...

Sutures are filaments, fibers or thread-like materials used to hold a wound or tissue together. In surgical language, sutures are used for apposition – that is, the positioning (of tissue) side by ...

Sutures are medical tools used by doctors and surgeons to close a wound. Depending on your condition, a doctor will use the proper suture technique and material to stitch a wound or laceration shut.

The V-Loc PBT (Polybutester) non-absorbable wound closure device allows surgeons to securely close incisions without the need to tie knots. Non-absorbable sutures are used to permanently close ...