Re: Question about laparoscopy incisions/sutures
From: Robyn (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Dec 29 14:04:00 2006
Hi Julie,
I also had this same procedure on November 1/06 and I also had a stitch
sticking out. The wound healed around it. I just tugged on it a tiny
bit and it came right out. Didn't hurt or anything!
--
Robyn :)
At Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Julie wrote:
>
>Hello everyone--I know I should ask my doctor this but I have called the
>office repeatedly and no one will ever call me back. I have my first
>preoperative appt on January 17, so I haven't seen a doctor since my
>surgery.
>
>I had a laparoscopy on November 16 and three incisions were made in my
>abdomen. The incisions were closed with tape and I was instructed to
>leave the tape alone until it fell off, which I did. However, the nurse
>did not mention sutures, and there is a knot of white thread that looks
>like silk embroidery floss sticking out of the bottom of the bellybutton
>incision. My question: Am I supposed to get this suture removed, or
>does it dissolve, or what? Has anyone else had one of these stitches,
>and what did they do with it? It doesn't hurt or anything, I'm just
>curious and impatient to ask the doctor. Thanks a lot for reading my
>question.
>
>--
>Julie M
>
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