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Removal of Stitches Following Surgery Posted: 08-27-07 02:32am


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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Re: Removal of Stitches Following Surgery
Posted: 08-29-07 05:30am

lost mummy wrote:

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 .

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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