Animal Bites
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General Principles
- Management includes copious irrigation, culturing visibly infected wounds, and obtaining imaging to exclude fracture, foreign body, or joint space involvement.
- Most wounds should not be sutured unless they occur on the face and have been thoroughly irrigated.
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General Principles
- Management includes copious irrigation, culturing visibly infected wounds, and obtaining imaging to exclude fracture, foreign body, or joint space involvement.
- Most wounds should not be sutured unless they occur on the face and have been thoroughly irrigated.
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