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Painful, hard belly button after umbilical hernia repair, no mesh, lipoma - did my surgeon put permanent stitches in my navel?

I had umbilical hernia repair 12 days ago, bandages are off, and dissolvable stitches are still in my belly button but now I realize my

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Pimple around dissolvable stitch 4 weeks after umbilical hernia surgery. Can I go to my GP or another surgeon? Can I pop it?

Pimple/pus arnd absorbable stitch in belly button.Main wound incision is closed, this is just above. Scar healed normally but I am hot

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Why does my belly button still look like an outie after hernia repair surgery? (Photo)

I had hernia repair surgery on a small hernia which I always thought was just an outie and I had a general surgeon do a hernia repair and

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Stitch coming through a healing wound, should I be concerned? (Photo)

I had an open diaphragmatic repair 4 mos ago. The surgeon inserted a peg to secure my stomach to the abdominal wall. The port or peg was

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Umbilical hernia 8 days ago, stitching was not used to close, a kind of glue was used, but it started to ooze fluid 2 days ago?

I have already used three large surgical plaster pads, but it still continues to leak and is sore to the touch, should I go to my local A&E

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