# Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125 "2012-04-18T04:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 168
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125/168 "2012-04-20T17:43:04Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > No it doesn’t. The rationale for dressing closed wounds is the same regardless of closure method. I can say this confidently as a vet. > > If Zimmerman had a gash on his head incurred from the ground or sidewalk, it would be pretty contaminated with dirt and other debris, even if it was washed as thoroughly as can be in the back of a police care. Closure is usually contradicated for dirty wounds because of the risk of infection. Well now I’m officially disagreeing with you, but you’re probably right to the extent use of cyanoacrylates with animals given the fur and cleanliness issues. Here’s a 2002 report from the Emergency Medicine Journal indicating no additional dressing is needed unless it’s likely to be picked at, for instance by a very young child. Here’s an article quoting a New England Journal of Medicine article indicating that cyanoacrylates act as its own dressing. Singer, A.J., Hollander, J.E., & Quinn, J.V. (1997). Evaluation and management of traumatic lacerations. The New England Journal of Medicine, 33, 1142-1148. Here’s an article from a wound care journal for nurses indicating cyanoacrylate dressings are more useful since gauze and bandaging are not required: [Abstract: Evaluation of a Cyanoacrylate Dressing to Treat Skin Tears in the Acute Care Population (2010 WOCN/WCET Joint Conference (June 12-16, 2010))](http://wocn.confex.com/wocn/2010am/webprogram/Paper5015.html) Last, but, not least, here’s a portion of a Google book, Biomaterials for Clinical Applications indicating no other dressing is needed (if link doesn’t work, it’s at p. 229): [Biomaterials for Clinical Applications - Sujata K. Bhatia - Google Books](http://books.google.com/books?id=bXtaX468LRYC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=use+dressing+on+scalp+lacerations+cyanoacrylate&source=bl&ots=kBii0nEL6T&sig=uYHxFoLAuGyx5VdSaPVv0Bam-hE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s5aRT8iKPKm62wXCiYXnBA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAg) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martin-zimmerman-humble-opinions-and-speculation-thread/619125)._