1. Management of lacerations in the emergency department
- Author
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Judd E. Hollander and Otilia Capellan
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,Debridement ,Sutures ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Wounds, Penetrating ,Emergency department ,Foreign Bodies ,Lacerations ,Surgery ,Wound management ,Anesthesia ,Wound Infection ,Emergency Medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Bites and Stings ,Emergency Service, Hospital ,business ,Emergency Treatment - Abstract
The goals of wound management are simple: avoid infection and achieve a functional and aesthetically pleasing scar. This is achieved by reducing tissue contamination, debriding devitalized tissue, and restoring perfusion in poorly perfused wounds, in conjunction with a well-approximated skin closure.
- Published
- 2003
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