Apart from sutures and staples, identify four other methods of wound closure and outline when these methods would be used
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
Tissue adhesives—used to reinforce sutures or staples and as a stand-alone skin closure.
Implantable tissue—biological material, where there are tissue deficiencies.
Tissue replacement—biological dressings, to assist the tissue below to heal.
Artificial skin—for burns.
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