I had a tummy tuck with muscle repair 2-1/2 weeks ago I slipped and fell flat on my back. I felt a pull in my abdomen. Could I have harmed my muscle repair or busted internal sutures?
Answer: Fall w/possible injury soon after surgery Hi dgw texas, It's not likely you did any significant damage, especially if you didn't notice any immediate changes to your abdomen. However, anything is possible. That's why you need to follow up with your doctor. For any patients reading this, please note anytime anything like this happens you need to call you doctor immediately, a fall with injury so soon after surgery is not a time to reference the internet. You need to be seen in person by your physician.
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Answer: How Can I Tell if I Tore my Tummy Tuck Internal Sutures or Worse? Congratulations on having undergone the tummy tuck procedure.In general, it would take a significant amount of pressure to “tear" the muscle repair after tummy tuck surgery. This event would likely be associated with significant discomfort. A change in your physical examination, such as increased swelling, bleeding, a new onset "bulge" would also be likely. Generally speaking, abdominal wall muscle plication performed during tummy tuck surgery is quite secure; disruption is very unusual. Best wishes.
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Answer: How Can I Tell if I Tore my Tummy Tuck Internal Sutures or Worse? Congratulations on having undergone the tummy tuck procedure.In general, it would take a significant amount of pressure to “tear" the muscle repair after tummy tuck surgery. This event would likely be associated with significant discomfort. A change in your physical examination, such as increased swelling, bleeding, a new onset "bulge" would also be likely. Generally speaking, abdominal wall muscle plication performed during tummy tuck surgery is quite secure; disruption is very unusual. Best wishes.
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October 5, 2014
Answer: Wait 6 months You may have harmed your muscle sutures, but it will take months to determine if that happened. If there is persistent bulging after 6 months, you probably tore something.
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Answer: Wait 6 months You may have harmed your muscle sutures, but it will take months to determine if that happened. If there is persistent bulging after 6 months, you probably tore something.
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December 30, 2016
Answer: Speak With Your Surgeon if Concerned About Disruption of Internal Sutures Abdominoplasty not only removes excess skin, but also tightens the underlying abdominal wall muscles. These muscles can be weakened, stretched, and torn during pregnancy. This can result in the characteristic protuberant abdomen that is commonly seen following pregnancy. Abdominoplasty tightens these muscles in a side to side manner which results in a flatter abdomen. Most surgeons use a continuous suture for this closure, but in some cases individual sutures may be used instead. These sutures maintain the structural integrity of the abdominal wall until the wound has regained adequate strength. This usually occurs in about 6 to 8 weeks. At this point, these structural sutures have served their purpose. When trauma of any type occurs during the initial phases of wound healing, disruption of these sutures can result in a recurrence of the original problem. Under these circumstances a flat abdominal wall may suddenly bulge in an outward direction. If you’re concerned about disruption of your internal sutures, consultation with your plastic surgeon is appropriate. Your surgeon should be able to evaluate your abdominal wall and determine whether or not a disruption of your closure has occurred.
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Answer: Speak With Your Surgeon if Concerned About Disruption of Internal Sutures Abdominoplasty not only removes excess skin, but also tightens the underlying abdominal wall muscles. These muscles can be weakened, stretched, and torn during pregnancy. This can result in the characteristic protuberant abdomen that is commonly seen following pregnancy. Abdominoplasty tightens these muscles in a side to side manner which results in a flatter abdomen. Most surgeons use a continuous suture for this closure, but in some cases individual sutures may be used instead. These sutures maintain the structural integrity of the abdominal wall until the wound has regained adequate strength. This usually occurs in about 6 to 8 weeks. At this point, these structural sutures have served their purpose. When trauma of any type occurs during the initial phases of wound healing, disruption of these sutures can result in a recurrence of the original problem. Under these circumstances a flat abdominal wall may suddenly bulge in an outward direction. If you’re concerned about disruption of your internal sutures, consultation with your plastic surgeon is appropriate. Your surgeon should be able to evaluate your abdominal wall and determine whether or not a disruption of your closure has occurred.
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December 21, 2015
Answer: Stitches & Tummy Tucks A full tummy tuck requires an incision from one hip to the other.This incision is carried through the skin and fat down to the underlying muscle layer.The muscle layer is not entered.The skin and fat layer is lifted off of the muscle layer up to the belly button.When the belly button is reached, an incision is made around the belly button, allowing the skin and fat layer to be lifted off of the muscle layer up to the rib cage.At this point, the entire muscle layer is well visualized.Normally, stitches are placed in the muscle layer to tighten it up.Some surgeons place individual sutures along this line from the rib cage down to the pubic bone. Some surgeons utilize one continuous running stitch along this line.Some surgeons may actually place two rows of running stitches along this line.After a tummy tuck, situations that may stress this repair can occur.Nausea and vomiting can create significant pressure along this suture line.Chronic coughing after surgery can also stress this area.Other activities that cause tensing of the abdominal wall could further jeopardize this repair.If individual sutures were placed and some of them individually break, then a bulge may appear in that particular area.On occasion, patients actually report hearing a popping sound when this occurs.If one continuous stitch is placed from the rib cage down to the pubic bone and it breaks, then the muscle repair is lost but usually there are no areas of localized bulging.It is very important after an abdominoplasty to follow the postoperative instructions given to you by your surgeon to help protect your repair.
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Answer: Stitches & Tummy Tucks A full tummy tuck requires an incision from one hip to the other.This incision is carried through the skin and fat down to the underlying muscle layer.The muscle layer is not entered.The skin and fat layer is lifted off of the muscle layer up to the belly button.When the belly button is reached, an incision is made around the belly button, allowing the skin and fat layer to be lifted off of the muscle layer up to the rib cage.At this point, the entire muscle layer is well visualized.Normally, stitches are placed in the muscle layer to tighten it up.Some surgeons place individual sutures along this line from the rib cage down to the pubic bone. Some surgeons utilize one continuous running stitch along this line.Some surgeons may actually place two rows of running stitches along this line.After a tummy tuck, situations that may stress this repair can occur.Nausea and vomiting can create significant pressure along this suture line.Chronic coughing after surgery can also stress this area.Other activities that cause tensing of the abdominal wall could further jeopardize this repair.If individual sutures were placed and some of them individually break, then a bulge may appear in that particular area.On occasion, patients actually report hearing a popping sound when this occurs.If one continuous stitch is placed from the rib cage down to the pubic bone and it breaks, then the muscle repair is lost but usually there are no areas of localized bulging.It is very important after an abdominoplasty to follow the postoperative instructions given to you by your surgeon to help protect your repair.
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