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Re: tained suture material

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 15 Mar 2000 15:13:50 -0600 (CST)

At Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. wrote: >
>At Tue, 14 Mar 2000, anna wrote:
>>
>>To make a long story short, I delivered my baby 8 months ago and
>>suffered internal tears from the ichial (sp?)spines to the perineum.
>>Despite reassurances that these sorts of tears hear wonderfully, I've
>>been in a great deal of pain.
>>
>>This past week I lost what appears to be suture material and have
>>started to bleed a small amounts of red blood from one of the areas
>>where I have scar tissue. (Nope, the blood is not from the
>>cervix--positive on that one.)
>>
>>Is it really possible that dissolving sutures could last almost 8
>>months?? Any chance that the suturing material is/was what has been
>>making me so miserable?
>
>Suture material that is dissolvable usually does so in 1.5-3 weeks.

Does this include Vicryl??Seems like it was about 5 weeks.

>Don't know how much that helped.
>
>>I'm happy for feedback from medical and non-medical types--basically
>>anyone who has any experience with "dissolving" sutures.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>A
>
>--
>Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
>Great Neck, New York
>
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