Super Glue for Wound repair
What the?
So my son decides to give us some NEW knives for Christmas..
YAY!
They are Sooo sharp..OK
Be safe he says
Of course.. I worked with scalpels daily.. was able to keep all my digits
Yesterday as I am carving up the turkey to turn it into Turkey Soup...not really paying attention.. a slip... and
BLOOD pumping out of my thumb..
Yikes.. the kid was right
Lots of pressure
Bleeding slows down, but as soon as I moved my hand it was pumping again..
Not *really* feeling like suturing myself
SO..
KRAZY Glue to the rescue
I cleaned the wound with a chlorhexidine flush ( from the first aid kit)
Applied to drops of the glue
Held the edges of the wound together.. and BAM
Bleeding stopped!
I used this often in veterinary practice...a small wound that didn't really need a suture..
Yes we have a 'special' veterinary glue, but in truth it is very similar to the regular old Krazy Glue
Turns out this has been studied..here is a Brazilian study
An. Bras. Dermatol. vol.87 no.2 Rio de Janeiro Mar./Apr. 2012
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962012000200008
INVESTIGATION
Repair of cutaneous wounds with the use of low cost surgical glue*
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The advantages of the cyanoacrylates in cutaneous synthesis have been often demonstrated in the literature.
However, these products have been underutilized in Brazil due to the high costs of the 2-octil-cyanoacrylate. Besides, few studies have been done with the more economically accessible form, the 2-etil-cyanoacrylate,( ie Krazy Glue) as a cutaneous tissue adhesive.
CONCLUSION: The use of 2-etil-cyanoacrylate was shown to be safe and with satisfactory cosmetic results in this group of patients.
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