Sutures, stitches and staples are used for the same purpose - to close wounds or surgical incisions - but they are not the same. For sutures, doctors use a thread or strand of material to perform wound closure. The term stitches refers to the surgical procedure or process of closing a wound with sutures.
Visit Guest Book. LOS ANGELES (AP) â Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69.
Rory Feek returns to blog days after burying wife Joey; shares photos from her funeral. NASHVILLE, March 13 (UPI) -- Country singer Rory Feek posted on his blog numerous beautiful and touching photos from his wife Joey's funeral this week. Joey died March 4 after a long battle with cervical cancer. She was 40.