Can dissolvable stiches not dissolve? TMI warning!
7 weeks post lap procedure and the scar along my pubic hair line that's about 5cm long has been problematic. It's been sore off and on and had a small oozy hole at one end.
I showed the doctor yesterday at my post op appointment and he used a silver nitrate stick to cauterize it, but he didn't think it was concerning at all. Last night, I guess he opened it up a bit more and there was (sorry I warned you) lots of pussy stuff. This morning more again.
This afternoon I was having a poke at it and used a torch to have a good look - I could see something so I got some tweezers and pulled. I was a knot of stitches and a length of thread attached 3.5cm long! And it came all the way from the other end of the scar.
Is it normal for dissolvable stitches to remain intact? No wonder the wound hasn't been healing well. I imagine it will now.
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