This involves sealing a foam deep in an open wound under suction to help condition the base tissues to get them ready to receive a graft.

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"There is no safe way to perform oral suction on any open wound in a newborn, " Farley said.

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After a handful of trips around the carpet, suction slowly fades until you're forced to run over a particle of dirt eight times in order to get it off of the floor.

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