Incision/stitch question

[Guest guest]

I am 5 weeks post decompression (craniectomy, laminectomy and synthetic

duraplasty). The

surgery went really well, I have a nice 5 inch incision that was closed with

staples, with

absorbable sutures beneath.

Today my incision was itching and when I scratched it (yes I realize that I

shouldn't have), a

purple stitch came out in my hand. Upon looking at the incision more closely

there are

several places along the incision where you can see either the ends of a stitch

or one just

under the surface. My doctor's office is closed for the night (I could call

anyway, but I don't

want to alarm anyone unnecessarily) and I'm 2,000 miles away from there on

vacation, so

there's not much they could probably do right away anyway.

I'm going to put in a call first thing tomorrow, but the earliest I'll even be

in the same state

as the doctor is Sunday, so I'm not really sure what else I can or should do.

Has this

happened to anyone else? Is it totally abnormal?

Any help is very very greatly appreciated.

[Guest guest]

hey girlie!

i have had that happen where the absorbable stitches kinda pop

through-and that is ok. i find it more annoying than anything bc i

think it is a scab & i pick (yes i know that is wrong) and it drives

me crazy. so my dad (who is really smart & like the doc in our

family sorta) says to just trim the thread back to the incision. and

thats it. sometimes they stick out while closing & so they dont

absorbs-i think it is normal-has happened to me twice. as for seeing

a few of them-that is unusual. and the one that you said came off in

your hand-that is normal too. have you not had them removed yet? as

everything heals they seem to loosen up.

well, hope everything is going good. lots of luck!!!

hugs,

shannon

>

> I am 5 weeks post decompression (craniectomy, laminectomy and

synthetic duraplasty). The

> surgery went really well, I have a nice 5 inch incision that was

closed with staples, with

> absorbable sutures beneath.

>

> Today my incision was itching and when I scratched it (yes I

realize that I shouldn't have), a

> purple stitch came out in my hand. Upon looking at the incision

more closely there are

> several places along the incision where you can see either the ends

of a stitch or one just

> under the surface. My doctor's office is closed for the night (I

could call anyway, but I don't

> want to alarm anyone unnecessarily) and I'm 2,000 miles away from

there on vacation, so

> there's not much they could probably do right away anyway.

>

> I'm going to put in a call first thing tomorrow, but the earliest

I'll even be in the same state

> as the doctor is Sunday, so I'm not really sure what else I can or

should do. Has this

> happened to anyone else? Is it totally abnormal?

>

> Any help is very very greatly appreciated.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I had the stitches come out too... but only because I was allergic to them

and my body like forced them out like they were some sort fo parasite or

something... it's a strange site to see little pieces of " string " coming out

of your stomach or arm or wherever else they were placed under the skin as

" absorbable " stitching... they drove me crazy and had to be removed and a

different type of stitching had to be used to close up my wounds...

thankfully I was int eh hospital when all this happened because my wounds

weren't healing properly... I don;t know what was used in the end but I do

know they used some sort of glue to close up the top layer of the wounds

which just sloughs off as the wound heals....

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