Vicryl Rapide Versus Nonabsorbable Suture

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient 18-years or older

  * single laceration on trunk or extremity requiring suture closure
  * laceration length \> 2-cm
  * wound to be closed with simple interrupted sutures

Exclusion Criteria:

* High infection potential
* Must have one of the following:

  * puncture wound

    * -highly contaminated
  * devitalized tissue requiring sharp debridement

    * -bite wounds
    * -\> 24-hours-old

      * Low likelihood of good cosmesis
* Must have one of the following:

  -dehisced wound from previous wound closure
  * -wound
  * -crush wound
  * -soft tissue deficit limiting complete apposition of wound edges
  * -significant overlying macerated/abraded tissue

    * Underlying tendon or cartilage involvement

      -Wound greater than 10 cm in length
    * Significant wound healing problems
* Must have one of the following:

  * keloid formers
  * chronic steroid use
  * other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ -Inability to give written consent
* Must have one of the following:

  * non-English or non-Spanish speaker

    * altered mental status
  * incarcerated patient
  * No telephone number or unlikely to return for 3-month follow-up
* Must have one of the following:

  * homeless
  * psychiatric patient,
  * nursing home patient,
  * other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
  * More than one laceration needing suture repair on trunk or extremity (i.e. appropriate to proceed if second laceration is to face/neck)