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Thank you for your question. When I perform an abdominoplasty I often repair an abdominal hernia as well. For these cases the patients will get a urinary catheter.
Thank you for the question. I am assuming you are referring to a urinary catheter; this is generally not necessary during hernia surgery repair. I do not know what you mean by an “external catheter”. Best to run these questions by your chosen surgeon for accurate/relevant information. Best wishes.
Resolution of nerve pain varies between patients. It may take months to resolve. Continue to use Gabapentin and follow up with your plastic surgeon.
I agree with others that this does represent the muscle repair site and that it will most likely improve. However, how much it will improve may be related to the type of suture that was used to perform the muscle tightening. The reason for mentioning this is that I have noticed more softening of...
#TummyTuckDrains timing for removal varies from surgeon to surgeon. One to two weeks is the usual time for my patients for drains to be left in place and are generally removed when they drain less than 30 cc per 24 hours. If a lot of liposuction is done at the same time, it may take a bit longer.
Thanks for your inquiry and excellent question. Sorry to hear about your mother's struggles with adhesions. I am going to disagree with my esteemed colleagues a bit. During a routine abdominoplasty, we do not enter the peritoneal cavity. If you, the patient, do not have ahesions in your...
Believe it or not, I have had several belly buttons that seem to "move" around on a patients belly during their healing process. My theory (and I have no true evidence for this) is that the muscle tightening sometimes is either uneven, or the abdominal muscles spasm and force the umbilical...
This has to do with the way the surgeon plans and executes the tummy tuck. Look at pictures. If the surgeon creates this line in their photos, they will likely create it in you. I have never created this line, but have seen it before in other surgeons work.
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