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.
Kenny Roberts. For other people named Kenny Roberts, see Kenny Roberts (disambiguation). Kenneth Leroy Roberts (born December 31, 1951 in Modesto, California) is an American former professional motorcycle racer and racing team owner. In 1978, he became the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship.