It’s natural to feel overwhelmed or frightened at the thought of having heart surgery. While getting a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic valve stenosis can initially sound ...

An injectable hydrogel derived from silk proteins along with a plant-derived compound for wound closure applications has been ...

Michael Shuler, MD, a hand and upper-extremity surgeon at Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic can perform an endoscopic carpal tunnel release in as little as five minutes. The incision is about 1 ...

Cole Ragans underwent season-ending UCL repair surgery earlier this month. Ragans underwent a less invasive surgical ...

Imagine using a wearable device so thin and discreet that you'd hardly be aware you were wearing it. Now Tufts engineers have ...

In mouse skin wounds, a recombinant spider-silk and liquid-metal thread reduced scar area by over 58 percent while adding light-triggered tightening, drug transport, and self-powered sensing.

Introduction: The prevalence and risk factors for postoperative incisional hernia (IH) following cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS-HIPEC) remain ...

Redheads may experience slower wound healing than their blonde, brunette or black-haired counterparts. A study in mice shows that a genetic variant that causes the hair colour seems to impede the rate ...