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Q: Removal of Stitches Following Surgery

asked by: lost mummy on August 27th, 2007

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Ok last week i underwent surgery to remove three large cancers and was wondering how long does it take for dissolvable stitches to dissolve.
i`m 900km away from my surgeon and forgot to ask him at the time .

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MandMs

replied on August 29th, 2007

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Re: Removal of Stitches Following Surgery

lost mummy wrote:

It depends on what kind of material your doctor used. Some stitches will go in a week and other kind of dissolving stitches will go in two weeks minimum.

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