Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recently published data demonstrated that 6 weeks after distal radius fracture surgery and at suture removal, ...

A 30-year-old well woman cuts her finger on a glass jar. She goes to the emergency department and is found to need sutures on her right ring finger.

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

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.

This section describes efficacy outcomes from the published literature that the Committee considered as part of the evidence about this procedure. For more detailed information on the evidence, see ...

The distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint connects the bones at the tips of the fingers. People with arthritis may experience pain, stiffness, and swelling in this joint. However, home remedies and ...

The conventional wisdom was clear: Epinephrine should never be used in an end-arterial field (eg, digits, pinna, nose, penis) owing to the risk for necrosis. [1] But is that really a concern? Granted, ...