When the edges of a wound separate, it's usually because of problems with sutures or staples that are supposed to hold the skin together. Issues that come up can include: Post-surgery stress on the ...

Bringing the edges together may require stitches (sutures), or another method to close the wound, or the wound may be small enough that no outside assistance is needed, such as a paper cut. For wounds ...

The direction of manipulative force should be parallel to the sagittal plane of the body. This approach can optimize the therapeutic effect of MLLH by ensuring precise force transmission to the SIJ, ...

Unlike MR, standard neuronavigation does not allow for intraoperative readjustments or 3D rendering. Only axial, coronal, and sagittal views of the preoperative MRI were available to the operator. The ...

Preoperative axial (a), coronal (b) and sagittal (c) CT images are shown ... were repaired in the standard manner using #5 Ethibond suture (Ethicon) through the femoral bone.

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have reported observations of a flareless coronal mass ejection (CME) from the solar atmosphere with the Visible Emission Line ...

Sensory-guided limb control relies on communication across sensorimotor loops. For active touch with the hand, the longest loop is the transcortical continuation of ascending pathways, particularly ...

The braincase is composed of several flat bones that meet at flexible joints called sutures. Nearly all vertebrates have a prominent ‘coronal’ suture that separates the front and back of the skull.