| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - However, use of sutures has a variety of potentially adverse consequences, including the following: they may cause additional trauma to the wound site (by reason of the need for the needle and suture to pass through tissue and the need to anesthetize the wound area before use of the needle); they may be time-consuming to place; and, at skin level, they may cause unattractive wound closure marks.
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