I put a couple dental floss sutures in my leg about 20 years ago. I was geeting an elk out and fell on some sharp shale. Did the trick. About tens years later I did a head plant into a ski tip and layed open my eye lid. It was a bit*h skiing off the mountain with blood running into my eye. When I got back to the cabin my wife patched me up with butterfly's. She wanted to take me into the ER for some sutures but that was the last place I wanted to be on new Year's Eve, not to mention the 2 hour drive.
All in all, I thing the butterfly's, siper glue and duct tape are the best bet. The risk of infection is greater with sutures.
I also patched up my lab's sliced leg with a surgical stapler. This is probably the safest option if the glue, butterfly's etc. aren't enough.
Ed T
