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How To Repair a Laceration With a Subcuticular Running Suture
Indications for Subcuticular Running Sutures
There are several indications for using subcuticular sutures: Cosmetic wound closure, for clean, straight lacerations≤6 cm long and under no tension Patients prone to keloid formation Problematic suture removal (eg, wounds beneath casts) Young children (who may be frightened and unable to cooperate with suture removal and in whom scar formation with percutaneous sutures is more likely than in older patients) Patients unlikely to follow up on time for suture removal 