If you are having surgery, or if you have a wound, your skin may be closed in a variety of ways. There are many methods used to keep a surgical incision or wound tightly closed so that it can heal ...

Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future—a "lab on ...

Generally, incision is made through most of the width ... could be packed with saline gauze part of which hangs out of the wound and also a corrugated rubber drain may be utilised for deeper ...

Discover a study with has highlighted the potential of a novel silk elastin-based sponge as an effective wound treatment.

Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future-a "lab on ...

Whether a midline or transverse incision is used in abdominal surgery depends mainly on the disease, anatomy and potential effects on wound healing, pain and postoperative complications.

Today, routine wounds are <3 mm long, and 1 mm wounds are on the horizon. The evolution of smaller surgical incisions was matched by the development of new lens implants created out of different ...

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions.