Recalling my pharmacy assistant wound dressing training....I would say its opsite that they would use, also known as second skin. (opsite is brand name, made by smith and nephew)
there is a trick to removing it squid! gently lift one corner and pull it taut, strteching it across the area, keeping it close to the surface, it should come away easily and just lift off. ask at the hospital for them to show you how to get it off painlessly, they should know how!
I had a similar thing with my last. There were no staples on the outside. I had dissolvable sticthes in and this great big VERY sticky thing over the wound for a while. I can't remember how long now but it was off by the end of the week I think
there are many different clear dressings so im not sure which one he is talking about but it sounds like tegaderm to me or steri strips, its much better as it can stay on longer, is waterproof and allows health professionals to see the wound and this also means less dressing changes and therefore less chance for infection. type those into google images and you will see. they will most likely put steri strips underneath as they act like sutures.
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