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Abdominal Wall Defect After Tummy Tuck

vlusol
posted 3 years ago
updated 3 years ago

Not Worth It
Cost: $13,000
Los Angeles

Right after my tummy tuck i developed a lump at...

8 Jul 2009

Right after my tummy tuck i developed a lump at the right supra paraumbilical region that it was paintful to touch. the doctor told me that it was nothing that it was going to go away.

its being 2 years and it still there. Is it possible to developed a abdominal wall defect after a tummy tuck?

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Comments (2)

Kevin Brenner, MD, FACS 24 Oct 2009

It is very unlikely to develop an umbilical hernia following a tummy tuck, unless you had the hernia before. Most likely this is an area of fat necrosis or perhaps a stitch abscess that remains. An abdominal wall ultrasound could delineate it;a CT scan would be better.

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