tummy tuck on 6/4/14. I was healing fine. 6 wks in I developed a small sore in my belly button. PS opened put me on a 5 day round of antibiotics.A few wks later I had pain below my incision line. Within days I could feel a knot beneath the skin became bright pink and red. He opened a place in my scar that had started to yellow. It has a tunnel that goes an inch deep. After three wks knots formed on the other side along my incision & split open on its own. I now have a red spot where my drain was
November 14, 2014
Answer: Tummy Tuck and Postop Infection When a patient has an infection, a plastic surgeon will often:Take a culture of the wound.Put the patient on a course of antibiotics for a sufficiently long period of time to control the infection. The number of days varies by antibiotic and by infection.Have the patient do dressing changes of an open wound either by packing it or by applying a special ointment, depending on the wound.With a persistent infection, sometimes the wound is opened and the area cleaned.Occasionally doctors ask for help from
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November 14, 2014
Answer: Tummy Tuck and Postop Infection When a patient has an infection, a plastic surgeon will often:Take a culture of the wound.Put the patient on a course of antibiotics for a sufficiently long period of time to control the infection. The number of days varies by antibiotic and by infection.Have the patient do dressing changes of an open wound either by packing it or by applying a special ointment, depending on the wound.With a persistent infection, sometimes the wound is opened and the area cleaned.Occasionally doctors ask for help from
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October 7, 2014
Answer: Post -op wound infection While post-op wound infections can unfortunately occur and linger for months, it is important to know whether you really have an infection. Were cultures taken, and, if positive, were you placed on appropriate antibiotics? Other causes of wound breakdown can be fat necrosis (death of subcutaneous fat due to poor blood supply), which leads to tunnelling. Also the bumps you feel may be sterile suture abscesses. Some people are intolerant of certain type of suture material, and the body tries to expel it. Your surgeon should be able to distinguish between these, and advise you aprropriately.
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October 7, 2014
Answer: Post -op wound infection While post-op wound infections can unfortunately occur and linger for months, it is important to know whether you really have an infection. Were cultures taken, and, if positive, were you placed on appropriate antibiotics? Other causes of wound breakdown can be fat necrosis (death of subcutaneous fat due to poor blood supply), which leads to tunnelling. Also the bumps you feel may be sterile suture abscesses. Some people are intolerant of certain type of suture material, and the body tries to expel it. Your surgeon should be able to distinguish between these, and advise you aprropriately.
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