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If the wound is at elevated risk of infection (eg trauma), interrupted sutures will allow for removal of single sutures to decompress an abscess rather than the removal of an entire uninterrupted suture.
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It is worth considering the use of a block of ice to chill the lacerated site in children. The child or parent is asked to hold the ice then lift it while a suture is rapidly inserted. Another variation that is especially useful in older children is to use a vapocoolant spray on the skin where anaesthesia is required, such as incising a small abscess.
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