‌Butterfly stitches, also known as “Steri-Strips”, are adhesive bandages used to close small, shallow wounds. Butterfly stitches are an alternative to traditional needle and thread sutures, which are ...

‌Absorbable sutures, also known as dissolvable stitches, are sutures that can naturally dissolve and be absorbed by the body as a wound heals. Not all wounds are sealed with absorbable sutures.

Bengaluru/IBNS, Feb. 6 -- A nursing officer at Aduru Primary Health Case in the Haveri district of Karnataka was suspended after she applied Fevikwik adhesive on a child's wound instead of stitching ...