{"id":13371,"key":"Hair_sutures","title":"Hair sutures","latest":{"id":1205487,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T15:40:27Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"== Summary ==\n\nIn a technique known as Hair Apposition Technique (HAT), scalp lacerations can be closed by pulling hair across the wound and using a glue for wound care to hold the hairs together. This technique has been found to be as effective and cheaper than standard suturing<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16126133?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=4&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed Cost-effectiveness of hair apposition technique compared with standard suturing in scalp lacerations. Ong ME, Coyle D, Lim SH, Stiell I.Ann Emerg Med. 2005 Sep;46(3):237-42.]</ref>\n\n== References ==\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:Medical care]]"}