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.

Matthew Mostofi, DO, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and the Associate Chair of Emergency Medicine at Tufts Medical Center. He’s also an assistant professor at Tufts University ...

Dissolvable stitches do not require removal but disappear over time. They are made of materials that the body gradually breaks down. People may also call them absorbable stitches. Dissolvable stitches ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who deliver by cesarean section seem to have similar cosmetic results whether the wound is closed with stitches or staples, a new study suggests. There are a number ...