bearhaas

bearhaas t1_jdqw3jx wrote

Reply to comment by Benbot2000 in Incision in my arm that doctors left open for 2 weeks after a surgery. by soapboxingdaychamp

Understandable thought. In fact, we used to close all wounds on the battlefield during early wars. But eventually it became clear that closing the wound just traps in bacteria. Bacteria are just like us. They like warm wet places. So now standard of care is to leave infected wounds open and they heal from the bottom up. Best thing for a wound is to be draining and not accumulate.

Source: I’m a friendly surgeon

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