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Hematoma After Tummy Tuck

My Dr Thinks I May Have a Hematoma After a Tummy Tuck, Can It Reabsorb? How is It Fixed?

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How Will Internal Scars Affect Tummy Tuck?

When I had my c-section 6 years ago and went to have my staples removed, they discovered hematomas behind the staples. My wound needed to be...

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How Should a Hematoma After Tummy Tuck Be Treated?

I just had my second tt on June 8 to resuture upper ab (1st full one on Feb 2) I have a hematoma at the top of my abdomen. I am not at all numb and I...

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Painful Lump/ridge After Tummy Tuck And Hematoma? (photo)

I am currently 3 weeks and 3 days post op from a full tummy tuck. Right after the surgery I had a hematoma on my left side. Ever since I have had a...

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Persistent Hematomas After Tummy Tuck and Lipo

How common are persistent (2 months) abdominal hematomas after tummy tuck with liposuction, and how do they affect recovery in terms of swelling and...

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Recurring Hematoma 2 Weeks After Tummy Tuck

I had a tummy tuck 12 days ago, drains was taken out 7 days post op, 2 days later, fluid started to build up, on day 10, it became extremely...

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Persistent Abdominal Hematoma After Tummy Tuck & Lipo

I am BRACA2+ Had 2 surgeries - prophylactic bilat mastectomy with hip flap reconstruction 7/13/10, breast reconstruction and tummy tuck with multiple...

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How Do You Know if is an Hematoma or Seroma?

I just recently have a tummy tuck and liposuction, after my doctor remove the drainage I was still collecting seroma and my doctor extracted with a...

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Small Hematoma That Won't Go Away 6 Months Post-op

About 2 months post op, I discovered a hard lump ( size & shape of a roll of quarters) in my upper left abdominal quadrant . Its been drained...

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Fully Regret This Tummy Tuck. Will the Complications Ever End??

TT on 4.16. Drain tube for 8 days. Developed LARGE seroma and hematoma. Aspriated three times and would not resolve. Back into sugery 5.9 to excise...

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