Emergency wound care.
The purpose of this article is to emphasize facets of wound closure which are confusing and not always recognized. Many physicians concern themselves with the type of suture to be used when a clean cut edge and closure without tension are far more important aspects. One should also be aware that a method of wound closure suitable in the vascular head and neck region may not be adaptable to a lower limb site such as the ankle. If this short treatise can leave the reader with two or three principles of emergency wound care, then the journal space allotted is justified.
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