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| '''[[Incised Wound - Donkey|Incised wound]] | | '''[[Incised Wound - Donkey|Incised wound]] |
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− | '''Definition: an incised wound is one in which the skin is cut cleanly with minimal tearing and bruising of the wound margins.'''
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− | An incised wound (including a surgical wound) has a sharply defined
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− | margin and is caused by sharp metal or glass, flint or occasionally the leading
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− | edge of a shoe. In accidental wounds concurrent injury to non-cutaneous
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− | structures is common.
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− | The reflex arterial constriction that occurs when skin is cut means that
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− | there is usually remarkably little haemorrhage in the immediate post-injury
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− | stage. Thereafter, there may be considerable haemorrhage associated with
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− | vasodilation, especially if arteries/arterioles are involved. '''Haemorrhage'''
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− | may be controlled by '''pressure bandaging or clamping/ligation''' of significant
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− | vessels.
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− | Incised wounds are often amenable to first intention healing and, with the
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− | possible exception of the distal limb where there is some controversy over
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− | the need to or benefit from suturing, healing is correspondingly rapid.
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− | '''Important note'''
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− | '''As nerves and arteries often run in close proximity, blindly feeling for the vessel with a pair of haemostats in the conscious donkey can be very dangerous!'''
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− | ==References==
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− | * Knottenbelt, D. (2008) The principles and practice of wound mamagement In Svendsen, E.D., Duncan, J. and Hadrill, D. (2008) ''The Professional Handbook of the Donkey'', 4th edition, Whittet Books, Chapter 9
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