SUTUREGARD^® MEDICAL INC. Blog

Dr. Windy Cole and Alex McKanna have released The Use of a Novel Suture Retention Device to Prevent SWD case report, where the HEMIGARD™ ARS device was used for skin closure and prevent dehiscence. The addition of the HEMIGARD™ constructs to the post-surgical skin closure on the foot allowed for the transfer of tension away from the vulnerable incision site, thus preventing dehiscence.

The Wound Care Learning Networks released a case study focusing on using a novel adhesive suture retention device in lower leg excisional wound closure, with specific use of the HEMIGARD™. The SUTUREGARD® ISR Retention Suture Device and the HEMIGARD™ Adhesive Retention Suture Device allow surgeons to initiate approximation of high-tension surgical wounds with suture without damaging the skin.

JAAD Case Reports recently published, “Use of a novel adhesive suture retention wound closure device to prevent follow-up visits during the COVID-19 pandemic”; a case study demonstrating patient self-removal of sutures after wound closure repair.

Bill Lear, MD, Mohs surgeon now but 5-year emergency physician previously, talks with Dr. Mark Plaster of Emergency Physician Monthly about how being an ER doc nurtured his inventive skills which eventually led to his development of the HEMIGARD ARS device. The HEMIGARD ARS device manages lateral wound tension to close excisions, lacerations, and incisions in fragile or high tension or at-risk wounds. 

SUTUREGARD® Medical has formed a non-exclusive distribution partnership with Federated Healthcare Supply to expand market reach of the HEMIGARD® ARS device and the SUTUREGARD® ISR device which are patented wound closure technologies that simplify complex and challenging wound closures.

SUTUREGARD® has recently announced how to document the use of HEMIGARD® ARS and SUTUREGARD® ISR devices for your complex repairs in EMA with Modernizing Medicine. EMA has clickable boxes to simplify your documentation and coding when using the HEMIGARD® ARS and SUTUREGARD® ISR devices for your closures.

"When I want to eliminate patient post-op visits for suture removal, I have been using the HEMIGARD device with the retention suture, followed by deeps and top fast gut sutures." Stephanie Howerter, DO, FACMS

Surgical wound dehiscence is one of the most dreaded & costly of surgical complications. It is disturbing & frightening for the patient, who begins to mistrust or doubt the skill of the surgeon, for the physician who must continue to manage the doctor patient relationship & the challenging wound.

Suture retention bridges support the primary closure location & reduce the risk of wound dehiscence. SUTUREGARD works to allow for both patients and surgeons easily recover with the SUTUREGARD intraoperative skin relaxation (ISR) and HEMIGARD adhesive suture retention device.

Our research has demonstrated that the middle suture in an elliptical wound is under approximately six times more force than any subsequent suture. That is why we use the HEMIGARD™ Adhesive Retention Suture device for that middle suture, providing rip-resistant support for healing wounds.