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1281936 tn?1276557070

Stitches erupting through scar

Did anyone else have issues with surgical stitches working their way through your scar and out? I've had atleast 3 stitches pop out and it's quite nasty and painful. The worst one was 6 mths post surgery and it went on for 2 months. Eventually had to have more surgery (wound revision surgery), partially shaved head again, 4 " Y shaped incision. Dr. found a large cyst and another stitch. It healed up fine and surgery was minor compared to decompression.
Now I've got another swollen tender area on the scarline and I'm guessing it's another stitch ...

Any similar stories out there??
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I've had (what looked like a stitch) under my scar from gall bladder surgery from 1987.  It came out yesterday.  33 years later.  Unreal eh?
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Hi and welcome to the Chiari Community.
I understand the topic is similar in that the issue is stitches, but this forum deals directly with a condition called Chiari Malformation and reasons stitches work back out for people with this condition may be different then those that had surgery for another condition but do not share any co-morbid with those of us with  Chiari.
Have you reported this incidence with your Dr?
yes!!  sorry anyone has this, but for my greedy lost self, I feel better I'm not the only one.  I had surgery- positive cancer bios... geez, 5 years? 7? years and i don't even remember surgery in some places (had ridiculous amount taken- put me under and did round 100 area more than once)  past 3 days..  1-WT??? 2-under where my sportsbra rubs? I see hey this spot I did not touch and it is a nice hole, then infected and gross..  today? entire thread used for stitching comes up and out...  string longer longer.... holyfreekincrap- I turned into a heevelhump and gotta love that gross EDS scar- and I realize ugh it was a syrgical site here the stitches are coming up-painful- and oh yea, this is not peoples materials, it is suture string... rounddddd hole and this came apart, sewn sides of surg-site stitch=sides sewn together so scar should be a single line.  this WAS butt is not now... so busted open (ugh i gross myself out) and the big roundy-round -how many years ago? split open (bout? 3inches across)
I am same as some of your stories here.  Takes forever to heal, so the regular amount of time to take them back out, was a bad move. Next surgery same dr., we left them in longer... if it supposed to stay, it vanishes and if you want them to come out, they won't...  what ********.
monkeys and wrenches, this twit body is also allergic to adhesive...  shoulda chucked this back in the kiln  -i totally champed out- put me'm back this ones NOT done.
My Drs used surgical glue and steri strips since those of us with EDS our bodies reject foreign materials and will try to flush them from our bodies one way or another.....I did not have issues with the glue or steri strips, but I know someone could...and I also am aware they now make these items with products less likely to cause a reaction. For almost 11 months my wound ozzed.....no infection , just fluids ....took longer to heal as is the case for many.....I hope you are now closed and healed??
620923 tn?1452915648
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May I ask, do u bruise easy?

Slow to heal?...do ur joints move in and out?....can u bend ur fingers at odd angles without pain?...see the pic in the EDS forum
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome/show/417?camp=msc

EDS would deff explain  the issues u have had...like I said for almost 9 months I had the ozzeing....it actually started with some blood.It also got very sore......and I could tell it was going to ooze.

What did they use to close the revision and what kind of patch do u have?

"selma"
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1281936 tn?1276557070
Well, after looking up EDS it's an interesting idea. I've always had trouble healing after surgeries, even skin biopsies. I had a small precancerous melanoma removed from under my breast and it took months and months to heal.
Mosquito bites flare up and the skin around it forms a big red ring.
Do have a diagnosed heart valve problem: pulmonary stenosis.
No joint problems, stretchy skin or unusual bruising.

Have many drug allergies that show up as skin rashes and prone to poison ivy etc.

It does seem like being diagnosed with Chiari is the tip of the iceburg . . .
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1281936 tn?1276557070
Staples removed approx. 5 days post surgery. (Was in hospital 7 days, home 24 hours, back to ER for 8 hrs before they diagnosed me with spinal meningitis, then 8 more days in hospital, back home with PIC line for 24/7 antibiotics for 3 more weeks)

I'm not familiar with EDS so haven't been diagnosed with it. will do some research. My skin is very sensitive to foreign objects: bandaids, stitches etc. I had trouble with dissolvable stitches comes through my skin on my thigh several years ago after a melanoma surgery.

I had stitches, clear ooze and sometimes white congealed lumps of goo about the size of a pea coming out of the 1/4" wound along the incision line for several months. It would heal up and then open again. Surgeon kept blowing me off for months. He finally did the "wound revision" a week b4 xmas (Decompression surgery 6/09). He cut out a large cyst (I kept telling dr there was a little hole back there!!!)

Now I've again got a painful area and I think I can feel stuff moving around inside - stitches again I think . . .
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620923 tn?1452915648
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Tina, I figured it was internal and Y I asked if u knew if u were checked for EDS as that could be a reason.....

How long after surgery were ur staples removed?

"selma"
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1281936 tn?1276557070
These were the internal stitches that should have dissolved by themselves! I had 20 staples on the outside and these were removed before I left the hospital.
Sorry for being unclear!

Tina
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1179332 tn?1297478990
Sorry...I am confused...(which is normal these days :)

Why did you still have stitches in at 6 months? My stitches were taken out 2 weeks post op and I had no problems.

I do get an area right at the top of my incision that flares up and down and can be painful at times...sort of like there is a pimple on it....I am now 5 1/2 months post op.

Carolyn
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620923 tn?1452915648
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Hi....do u know if u have Ehlers-Danlos?

I wonder bcuz ur skin would be fragile and could reject foreign objects like a stitch. I was slow to heal and had the tender spots u mention, not stitches tho...my dr used glue and steri strips bcuz of my EDS.

But, the areas that were tender would then ooze....I was given a topical  antibiotic ointment which helped me as far as with concerns of infection...it finally stopped around 9 months post op.

"selma"
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