Tissue from pig intestines is key to a new procedure performed by University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill doctors as an alternative to major surgery of people with fistulas. Fistulas are holes in ...
GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) -- Orthopedic surgeon Myron Stachniw knows first hand how an implant made from pig intestines works to speed up the healing time of surgically repaired tendons. For about six ...