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Veterinary
Surgery
In OKC Near Edmond 405-751-3920 |
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General Care of Skin Incisions
Most pets are released with a bandage on a front leg where th IV catheter was placed. This bandage should be removed within 2-3 hours after the animal is released from the hospital. GENERAL CARE OF SKIN INCISIONS Your pet has undergone a surgical procedure which may require sutures or "stitches" to promote healing of the skin. There are also stitches in deeper tissues, which you cannot see. If there are no sutures visible on the outside, suture removal is not necessary. The"buried" stitches also promote healing and provide additional strength to the incision or wound. In most cases the incision will heal with no problems, however since stitches are foreign material to the body,complications occasionally occur. The following recommendations may be used as a guideline for care of your pet's incision (wound). If you have additional questions or concerns, please contact our office at 405-751-3920 and a technician will be able to assist you. GENERAL CARE 1. Please check the incision daily. Things to look for include redness, swelling, and most importantly discharge. Any discharge from the skin incision after 3 days from surgery could be abnormal and should be reported to the technician in our office or your veterinarian. 2. Please prevent all licking, scratching, pawing, chewing, scooting on or any disturbance of the sutures or incision. If your pet will not stop irritating the incision then contact the technician in our office or your veterinarian for instructions on prevention. 3. Please make an effort to keep the sutured area clean and dry. If the sutures become caked with dirt, hair of other debris, gently clean with warm water and a wash cloth. 4. Please Do Not apply any "medicine" to the incision unless instructed to do so by our office. 5. Please do not bathe or dip your pet until two weeks after surgery or until the sutures are removed unless directed to do so by our office or your veterinarian. 6. If your pet develops a soft fluid swelling under the incision this is usually an accumulation of serum called a seroma. It is not hot, red or painful. Your pet should be eating, drinking and feeling good with a seroma as apposed to an infection. A seroma can last several days. A warm compress used once a day may help the swelling resolve a little faster. SUTURE REMOVAL If your pet has skin sutures they can be removed in 10 to 14 days by us or your veterinarian. |
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