General practitioners have a key role in coordinating the care of patients with incisional hernia, in terms of detection, referral and optimisation of contributory comorbidities.

After appropriate assessment, selected simple lacerations may be suitable for primary closure by non-surgical means.

Transgender people may seek healthcare for reasons unrelated to gender, but they are often negatively impacted by structural and interpersonal discrimination in health settings.

GPs have an integral role in the journey of patients with this surgically treated condition.

A variety of suture techniques can be effectively employed for direct closure of acute lacerations.