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Chronic fissure
I have recently done a fissurectomy and posterior sphinteratomy after 20 days striches are coming outside my doctor told it disolve on its own no need to remove
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If sutures r coming out wound has healed as in ur case as its 20 days and as ur doctor has said absorbable sutures gets dissolved based the type of suture used so u neednt worry much.But if its disturbing u u can remove those too after consulting the doc no harm in it....
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Keep on sitz bath and medication regularly.
Forget about sutures and other things, everything will be solved spontaneously.
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No need to worry
The sutures will dissolve in time or fall out , depends on the type of suture(s) used.
If at all they are long or hanging and the wound has healed as it should have by now , then they can be cut short or removed gently
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Dietary modifications to be done
Faecal softeners be used for sometime to avoid sudden passage of hard stools through the sphincter
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Avoid hurrying / straining at stools
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That's true... Those are absorbable sutures... No need to worry... They ll dissolve
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