It seems like if you pack a wound it would prevent the wound from closing and would keep it open.
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Doc here. Look up “healing by secondary intention”, which is basically allowing for deeper wounds to hear from the deepest parts outward to the skin. If you close a large wound you are liable to develop a cavernous area that fills with fluid called a Seroma. It is something that is very easily infected and can lead to a chronic non-healing wound.
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