What Can Cause a Lot of Drainage from the Belly Button 4weeks After a Full Tummy Tuck and Lipo, Been on Antibiotic for 2weeks.
Answer: Drainage from Umbilicus after Tummy Tuck?
Thank you for the question.
Only your plastic surgeon will be in the position to make an accurate diagnosis and determine the cause of the persistent drainage from around the umbilicus. Treatment will depend on making this accurate diagnosis. Close follow-up will be necessary.
Best wishes.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW Answer: Drainage from Umbilicus after Tummy Tuck?
Thank you for the question.
Only your plastic surgeon will be in the position to make an accurate diagnosis and determine the cause of the persistent drainage from around the umbilicus. Treatment will depend on making this accurate diagnosis. Close follow-up will be necessary.
Best wishes.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW April 7, 2012
Answer: Drainage from Belly Button after Tummy Tuck
Difficult to answer without an exam. There may be some persistent drainage from the belly button if it is not fully healed at this point. There can be various reasons and I would encourage you to visit with your surgeon and discuss this directly and ask him if this is normal for his procedures and is there anything to worry about and if so what can be done.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW April 7, 2012
Answer: Drainage from Belly Button after Tummy Tuck
Difficult to answer without an exam. There may be some persistent drainage from the belly button if it is not fully healed at this point. There can be various reasons and I would encourage you to visit with your surgeon and discuss this directly and ask him if this is normal for his procedures and is there anything to worry about and if so what can be done.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW
April 7, 2012
Answer: Persistent drainage after abdominoplasty Drainage can persist and seroma or infection must be ruled out. Your plastic surgeon may want to open the wound and place a drain. The fluid should be cultured to insure that the antibiotics prescribed are appropriate. Fat necrosis or a suture reaction can also produce drainage, either of which would require surgical exploration.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW April 7, 2012
Answer: Persistent drainage after abdominoplasty Drainage can persist and seroma or infection must be ruled out. Your plastic surgeon may want to open the wound and place a drain. The fluid should be cultured to insure that the antibiotics prescribed are appropriate. Fat necrosis or a suture reaction can also produce drainage, either of which would require surgical exploration.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW
FIND THE RIGHT
TREATMENT FOR YOU
April 7, 2012
Answer: Seroma, fat necrosis, and potential infection can all lead to wound leakage
It is unusual to have drainage from a belly button 4 weeks after surgery. Seroma (retained body fluid), fat necrosis (dead fat cells that melt and liquify), and an infection (abscess) can create a fluid discharge. Around the belly button the most worrisome possibility is that your surgeon used a permanent suture to tighten your muscles and now the suture is infected. If that is the case the suture may have to be removed surgically to resolve the infection.
Sincerely,
Martin Jugenburg, MD, FRCSC
Toronto Cosmetic Surgery Institute
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW April 7, 2012
Answer: Seroma, fat necrosis, and potential infection can all lead to wound leakage
It is unusual to have drainage from a belly button 4 weeks after surgery. Seroma (retained body fluid), fat necrosis (dead fat cells that melt and liquify), and an infection (abscess) can create a fluid discharge. Around the belly button the most worrisome possibility is that your surgeon used a permanent suture to tighten your muscles and now the suture is infected. If that is the case the suture may have to be removed surgically to resolve the infection.
Sincerely,
Martin Jugenburg, MD, FRCSC
Toronto Cosmetic Surgery Institute
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a virtual consultation
CONTACT NOW
April 9, 2012
Answer: Drainage after tummy tuck
It is not usual to have drainage 1 month after an abdominoplasty. If the fluid is relatively clear, it most likely represents a seroma. Other symptoms of this would be persistent swelling in the lower abdomen and the feeling of having fluid underneath the skin. If the drainage is more thick or pus-like, then an infection is more likely. This may need antibiotics or even operative drainage and irrigation. You should certainly alert your surgeon and let him/her know of your concerns.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a consultation
CONTACT NOW April 9, 2012
Answer: Drainage after tummy tuck
It is not usual to have drainage 1 month after an abdominoplasty. If the fluid is relatively clear, it most likely represents a seroma. Other symptoms of this would be persistent swelling in the lower abdomen and the feeling of having fluid underneath the skin. If the drainage is more thick or pus-like, then an infection is more likely. This may need antibiotics or even operative drainage and irrigation. You should certainly alert your surgeon and let him/her know of your concerns.
Helpful 1 person found this helpful
Book a consultation
CONTACT NOW