title: Planning closure of a surgical wound.
abstract: The decision as to whether to close or not close a surgical wound, and by what method if closure is decided upon, must be individualized for each patient and each wound. This paper suggests a mental calculation that can be worked out rapidly by the operator in order to make judicious decisions expeditiously.
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012924:Social Conditions; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing