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hand laceration
Management:
- antibiotics not indicated in uncomplicated hand laceration [1]
Related
hand
wrist & hand pain
Specific
clenched fist injury; closed fist injury; reverse bite injury; fight bite
nail bed laceration
General
hand injury
laceration
References
- The NNT: Antibiotics for Hand Lacerations.
http://www.thennt.com/nnt/antibiotics-for-hand-lacerations/
- Zehtabchi S
Evidence-based emergency medicine/critically appraised topic.
The role of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of infection
in patients with simple hand lacerations.
Ann Emerg Med. 2007 May;49(5):682-9, 689.e1
PMID: 17452265