Emergency Medicine Cases

JJ 22 Laceration Repair – Glue vs Strips vs Staples vs Sutures

Jan 17, 2023

59:00

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Problems With Blinded Trials

3min

How Close Should You Space Your Stitches?

4min

How to Figure Out How Many Stitches to Put in and How Close to Do Them

2min

Skin Glue: The Best Studyed Alternative to Sutures

3min

The Importance of Dehiscence in Skin Glue

6min

The Confrontation of Glue

4min

The Evidence for the Hair Opposition Technique

2min

How to Compare Hair Opposition Techniques to Sutures

2min

10.

How to Use Glue for Hairy Lacerations

2min

11.

The Evidence for Wound Closure Strips and Skin Glue

4min

12.

The Evidence for Staples

2min

13.

How to Use Staples in the Emergency Department

4min

14.

The Uncertainty of Choosing an Absorbable Suture

2min

15.

The Uncertainty of RCTs

2min

16.

The Selection Bias in Laceration Repair Techniques

2min

17.

The Benefits of Fast Absorbable Gut Sutures

5min

18.

The Role of Sutures in Repairing Lacerations

2min

19.

The Importance of Aftercare in Laceration Management

3min

In this Part 2 of our 3-part Journal Jam series on Laceration Management we dive into the evidence for the choice of material to close lacerations. Which is best for which kind of laceration? Surgical skin glue? Wound adhesive strips? Surgical staples? Absorbable sutures? Nonabsorbable sutures?...