Which Lacerations Need Stitches?

LACERATIONS (CUTS)

By George W. Commons, M.D. Plastic Surgery Center · Sunday, August 8, 2010

A laceration or cut into the skin may be a simple scratch or a deep invasion into the subcutaneaous tissue. It may be hard to tell the depth. Best advice is go visit you local emergency room if there is doubt of severity in your mind. Emergency medicine physicians can evaluate and treat these injuries with great expertise. My rule is that if ...

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