Table 2 Wound location, complexity, and repair technique
From: Antibiotic prophylaxis for oral lacerations: our emergency department’s experience
Wound location | N (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Simple | Complex | Sutured | |||
Total | Absorbable | Non-absorbable | ||||
Lip | 250 (77) | 161 (64) | 89 (36) | 144 (58) | 59 (41) | 85 (59) |
Mucosa | 78 (24) | 58 (74) | 20 (26) | 36 (46) | 30 (83) | 6 (17) |
Tongue | 32 (10) | 25 (78) | 7 (22) | 7 (22) | 7 (100) | 0 (0) |