Researchers create a biomimetic model to study wound healing in burn and laceration wounds. The team designed an in vitro model system made of fibroblasts embedded in a collagen hydrogel. Wounds were ...

As the father of six active children, I often have a teary-eyed child coming to me with an accidental cut and asking, “Does it need stitches?” Stitches are indicated when the depth of the wound would ...

Pregnancy and childbirth transform your body in so many ways—from stretch marks to larger breasts and broadened hips to hormonal changes. Other changes that aren't as commonly talked about are ...

Regardless of the amount of safety training and precautions you take as a company, at some point in time an accident will happen. When that accident does occur, do you employees know how to properly ...

A professional rugby league player sustained a left eyebrow laceration during a match which immediately started to bleed. Within seconds he was taken to the sideline and had the laceration closed with ...

One of the main reasons Americans wind up in the ER is for evaluation and treatment of a laceration, a deep cut or tear in the skin. In fact, people with cuts account for about 8% of all ER visits; ...

In Part 1 of the series, the principle causes of faulty surgical coding were reviewed, including the use of unlisted Current Procedural Terminology codes and the differentiation between coding for ...