We have finally reached the end of the laceration repair series. So far, it seems like nothing we do really matters. Eversion was a myth. Glue and steri-strips are as good as sutures. For that matter, for many lacerations we could probably just do nothing at all. The human body […]
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If you have attended medical school, one ‘fact’ I guartunee you have heard is that wound eversion is the key to good cosmetic repair of lacerations. Many studies I have read just assume that eversion is important, and search for the repair technique that results in the best eversion. In […]
Another month, another collection of (hopefully) interesting medical publications. When trial results are too good to be true, think fraud? Sheldrick, K. Evidence of Fabricated Data in a Vitamin C trial by Paul E Marik et al in CHEST. Available at: https://kylesheldrick.blogspot.com/2022/03/evidence-of-fabricated-data-in-vitamin.html This is the first time I have ever […]
