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The investigators recruit patients admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Geneva's University Hospital with open wounds needing suture. The patients are treated with absorbable versus non-absorbable suture material according to randomization.
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The investigators recruit patients admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Geneva's University Hospital with open wounds needing suture. The patients are treated with absorbable versus non-absorbable suture material according to randomization.
After obtaining the patient's/parent's consent and randomization, the suture material will be provided.
Selection of the size of the thread and the date of the first follow-up are determined as follows:
The patients are examined by in the outpatient wound clinic by specialised nurses under medical supervision at the first follow-up, and at six months by one of the investigators.
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500 participants in 2 patient groups
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Giorgio La Scala, MD PD; Catherine Jorgensen, MD
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