I have been set up to have surgery to remove my infected ethibond 2 sutures, problem is he says he may not have enough skin to put me back together again & may require a wound vac. May require additional surgeries for hernia, infections and complications. Says there is a possiblity of eventually clearing up itself but because it is painful now he doesn't think so. Trying to decide if this is really necessary. We have been fighting this for 6 mos and have spit several sutures.
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K. Roxanne Grawe, MD (license permanently revoked) says:
It happens occasionally that you can't access the fluid in this type of situation. But don't panic! It will either absorb by itself and go away, or you may need to have it drained under imaging. But after it is taken care of - you WILL heal and you WILL look great! Good luck!
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