Management of lacerations in the emergency department.
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.
Capellan
Otilia
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145, USA.
Hollander
Judd E
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D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000628:therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000628:therapy*; D013537:Sutures; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000628:therapy