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How Long For Tendon Stitches To Dissolve

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Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

had bicep tendon repair a weekago. Got mad threw my cell phone, think i ripped my stitches, blood on my bandage in crease of elbow. Post op appointment in 6 days, should i be alarmed?3 ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Shehzad Topiwala MD

I am a dentist . I had an Achilles tendon rupture repair Nov. 2014. It was infected when the cast ... of Cipro . I am now resistant to Cipro. Three times stitches came out Oct 2015, it is still draining ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shehzad Topiwala ( Endocrinologist)
Dr. Rhea Chanda MD

Fell and bust head wide open> 7 dissolving stitches under skin amd 14 stitches on top. Stitches put in 9 days ago. 2 days ago i started getting a lump on my forehead under the stitches. It is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rhea Chanda ( OBGYN)
Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma MD

internal stitches on my muscle will go away on there own. My question is how long do you think before I can ...I cut my calf surfing. I had 35 stitches. The fin from my surfboard cut my calf... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Praveen Rodrigues MD

Hi I recently got my stitches removed but the area around the stitches have become hard up to the stitch holes ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Rodrigues ( Dermatologist)

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Dr. Ilir Sharka MD

So I cut the skin covering my achilles tendon while running bleachers and it kind of looks like an arch. I ended up getting three dissolvable stitches and twelve regular. The three were to hold the skin ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilir Sharka ( Cardiologist)
Dr.  Soumya MD

Is there a remedy to remove dissolvable stitches from a 34-year-old ago child birth in which the pain from the stitches has never gone away, and now are causing nerve pain all over my right leg from ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Soumya ( OBGYN)
Dr. Chintan Parmar MD

I had surgery on. March 27th to have a bone spur removed from my Achilles tendon got my stitches ... was told I could tear my Achilles tendon since it is weak. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Chintan Parmar ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Amarnath MD

I have a 4 inch long laceration horizontally across where my Achilles tendon is. It s been stitched for 2 weeks and 3 days now, and the top theee stitches have popped off and I can t tell if it needs ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Amarnath ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi MD

Hi my daughter hit her hand on the glass she had twelve stitches under right hand thumb.we went ... ur tendons ok.yerterday stitches came out but she can t move her wrist properly.dr.said you should ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)