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Procedures such as laceration repair, which at one time required the use of painful infiltrative anesthetics, can now be accomplished safely and comfortably with the use of topical anesthetics. An additional advantage of topical anesthetics in laceration repair is that wound margins are not distorted.
Laceration repair with sutures will be discussed here. Information concerning wound preparation and irrigation, topical and infiltrative anesthesia, and tissue adhesive and staples is found separately. (See Minor wound preparation and irrigation and Topical anesthetics in children and Minor wound repair with tissue adhesives (cyanoacrylates) and Closure of minor skin wounds with staples.)