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What is the definition or description of: foot laceration?
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A laceration: Is an injury that involves a tear. Major lacerations need to be sutured, minor ones heal on their own (suture-self for lunch today). If a bone under the laceration is broken, it's considered an open fracture, which needs immediate medical attention.
Answered 9/28/2016
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See below: A laceration is simply a cut, usually of sufficient depth to need sutures to close it.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Deep cut: Deep cut caused by trauma that requires stitches.
Answered 12/5/2018
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