Question: I had an epigastric incisional hernia repair in january as some omentum was incarcerated in the hernia. I was given an antibiotic I was allergic to, had an anaphylactic reaction post-op and major bloating issue.a a few weeks later I had to be admitted to a different hospital in acute kidney failure, small bowel obstruction and with C.diff. I've had 2 more hospitalizations to get rid of the C.diff and still am experiencing bloating. I was perfectly healthy before the surgery. Now I have pain above the incision and it feels as though a new small hernia has developed which was seen on CT. I just had an abdominal untrasound, all organs normal except the comment was:At the superior aspect of the prior midline incision approximately
1.2 cm deep from the skin there is a region of echogenicity and
shadowing which appears nonspecific, but may represent surgical
suture material versus fat necrosis, among other etiologies. This
correlates with soft tissue stranding on prior CT examination.

Impression
IMPRESSION:

1. No cholelithiasis or cholecystitis. No intra-or extrahepatic
biliary dilatation. Normal appearing liver parenchyma.
2. At the superior aspect of prior surgery there is an ill-defined
region of hypoechogenicity which likely represents postsurgical
change. Please correlate clinically.
What the heck is soft tissue stranding? Did I just get a bad ultrasound?