HEALING DECISIONS

摘要

Closure with stitches, staples or glue Is not always the best medicine for new wounds. Five key factors determine if the smoothest recovery calls for suturing now or later or not at all. Sooner or later, somewhere on those 4,500 or so square inches ofyour horse's hide, a gap will appear. It may be a tiny nick, a tidy slice or a ragged, gaping lesion Maybe you'll be on the scene and know exactly when and how the injury occurred; perhaps you'll be unpleasantly surprised to find the crusted aftet-mathsome hours or even a day later Either way, you have an important, on-the-spot decision to make: Does the veterinarian need to come immediately, can it wait a few hours or do you simply need to stay in touch by phone.