As discussed in the post “Does closure technique matter”, I rarely use sutures anymore. Tissue adhesives and/or steri-strips provide identical outcomes with much greater ease and less pain for patients. However, there are still a sizable minority of lacerations that seem to require sutures, which raises another question: should I […]
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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 […]