suture removal by nurse) and indirect (travel, parking, and lost work time to come in for suture removal), were estimated at $37 per site (excluding the cost of gel foam and dressings).

Two nurses/assistants are required for safe removal of a chest drain. One is required to tie the suture and seal the site, the other to remove the drain (Dougherty and Lister, 2004). Informed consent ...

Suturing has been used for centuries as a method of wound closure ... The visual aspect of torn and damaged skin, the amount of bleeding, and an often ‘shocked’ looking patient who is clearly in pain ...

Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu): A nurse, working at a government hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district was fired on Thursday after she left a suture needle inside a 21-year-old woman’s ...