Traumatic Pedatric Lacerations Repair / Gut vs Nylon Sutures

UF EM Journal Club - 01/25/11

Hi all
This is my article for our journal club on Jan 25th:

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS ARTICLE - LINK
A Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing Long-term
Cosmetic Outcomes of Traumatic Pediatric
Lacerations Repaired with Absorbable Plain Gut
versus Nonabsorbable Nylon Sutures

AbstractObjectives: To show that the use of absorbable sutures in
pediatric traumatic lacerations affords good long-term
cosmesis and no increase in complications (infection, dehiscence
rates, and need for surgical scar revision) when
compared with wounds sutured with nonabsorbable sutures.

Please print article, and have on hand at meeting.