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Would The Staples On The Sore Wound Be Removed?

I had a laparoscopy 8 days ago and due to the surgeon finding a fibroid my middle incision was larger than usual and has 7 staples. I saw my doctor after six days as I have developed an infection. They prescribed fluloxacillan 500mg 4 times per day. I am due to have the staples removed tomorrow (9days post op) but the wound is very sore and red. Will they still remove the staples?
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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Yes. They need to remove the staples are this point because the area is infected and the staples may be aggravating the infection. Staples and stitches are usually removed from a wound if it gets infected as they can impede the healing. They may have delayed a little with you because your incision was large and they wanted to be sure it had healed in some. But the staples have to come out now. Hope this helps.
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Would The Staples On The Sore Wound Be Removed?

Yes. They need to remove the staples are this point because the area is infected and the staples may be aggravating the infection. Staples and stitches are usually removed from a wound if it gets infected as they can impede the healing. They may have delayed a little with you because your incision was large and they wanted to be sure it had healed in some. But the staples have to come out now. Hope this helps.