Correspondence to Meg E Tabaka, Stanford School of Medicine, c/o Dr. James Quinn, Stanford Emergency Department, 300 Pasteur Drive, Always Building M121 MC 5119, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; ...
They usually need closure with sutures or skin glue. Any open wound that may need sutures should be seen as soon as possible. Ideally, they should be checked and closed within 6 hours. Reason: to ...