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What Causes Fluid Retention In Abdomen After Undergoing Gastric Surgery?

why do i keep retaining fluid after my stomach surgery? First time was drained with a siringe for serveral times and then i had a blood clothe that they had to remove and now the same thing my stomach looks like it has more fluid within. why doesnt my body absorb it like it should. the surgery was about 3 weeks ago
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Read your history and understood the concerns; note that you got operated for stomach and there is accumulation of fluid which was aspirated many a times with the help of a syringe.
This is called seroma and appears as the opposing surfaces have not been fused, keep a gap which oozes out the fluid and hence accumulation.
I would advise you the following:
Repeated aspirations to reduce the quantity followed by tight bandages to keep the opposing areas in contact with each other.
Ultrasonography helps in knowing the progress.
Occasionally exploration and scrapping of the internal surfaces with internal occlusion stitches may be required.
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What Causes Fluid Retention In Abdomen After Undergoing Gastric Surgery?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Read your history and understood the concerns; note that you got operated for stomach and there is accumulation of fluid which was aspirated many a times with the help of a syringe. This is called seroma and appears as the opposing surfaces have not been fused, keep a gap which oozes out the fluid and hence accumulation. I would advise you the following: Repeated aspirations to reduce the quantity followed by tight bandages to keep the opposing areas in contact with each other. Ultrasonography helps in knowing the progress. Occasionally exploration and scrapping of the internal surfaces with internal occlusion stitches may be required.