Chapter 18: Wound management
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Evidence‐based approaches
Rationale
Suturing as a method of wound closure is appropriate in managing deep, large wounds. As there is a direct relationship between the time of wound closure and infection risk, suturing is usually best suited to primary closure in recently acquired, non‐infected wounds (Jain [53]).
Indications
Suturing is used to promote primary healing, realign tissue layers and hold the skin edges together until enough healing has occurred for the wound to withstand stress without mechanical support (Wicker and O'Neill [116]).
