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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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Dr. Shanthi.E

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Dr. Saisudha Kotla
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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi
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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

General & Family Physician

Exp 16 years

Ingrown Dissolvable Stitch

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Dr. T Chandrakant MD

Dissolvable stitch stuck in throat after wisdom tooth extraction . This is the only problem from the surgery. What can I do to help get rid of it? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta MD

I HAVE A LACERATION W/ APPROX. 50 DISSOLVABLE STITCHES...on each side of stitch marks I have a narrow red line. I have applied rubbing alcohol w/ no stinging, hydrogen peroxide w/ no bubbling. The ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pavan Kumar Gupta ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mukund Savaskar MD

I was circumcised 13 days ago. Not a single stitch (dissolvable) has come out and none appear even close to ready. In fact, over the last few days the stitches on the left side have been inflamed and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mukund Savaskar ( General Surgeon)
Dr. Rishma Lakhani MD

dissolvable stitch put in also. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rishma Lakhani ( OBGYN)
Dr. Kakkar S. MD

Hello about 6 weeks ago my plastic surgeon removed a small cyst along my neckline. He used a dissolvable stitch PDS type. In one part of the incision I developed a small abrasion in which the skin opened ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kakkar S. ( Dermatologist)

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Dr.  Aravinda Jawali MD

I got one stitch inside my lower lip yesterday morning at 3am in the hospital. It is a dissolvable stitch. I swab the area with mix of water and hydrogen peroxide and am on penicillin for 5 days. Now ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aravinda Jawali ( Psychiatrist)
Dr. VINAY KUMAR MD

I had pilonidal sinus surgery a month ago, procedure used was excision and primary closure using non-dissolvable stutres which were removed after 20 days. I have noticed yesterday theres a stitch ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. VINAY KUMAR ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Meera Rajeev MD

I am 6 weeks post inguinal hernia surgery. At 3 weeks developed infection at outer corner of incision where dissolvable stitch did not dissolve and wasn t healing antibiotic was prescribed site is ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Meera Rajeev ( Anesthesiologist)
Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani MD

Mine was normal delivery and have dissolvable stitches. After 20 days of delivery the stiches didnt go and i have pain so dr took away the stitches. Then after few days there was pain on rash in stitch ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ramesh M.Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Kakkar S. MD

dissolvable stitches underneath and has removed the outer stitches, however I am not certain that every outer stitch has been removed. I can see the black stitches underneath the skin which she had said is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kakkar S. ( Dermatologist)