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Tibia nailing 20 days post op
Surture removed 6 days before... After removal dry crust like thing formed... Just now applied spirit to clean, the dry crust came out and I feel wound is wet inside... No pain... The dry skin came out and now it's look like hole... I applied wounsol oinment and covered that... What to do now.. please help... Am really scared... Physical examination needed ? How to take care of this... Closed or let it dry in air ?
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Looks like dry wound. No need to worry as of now.
Regular cleaning with dab of spirit, followed by Vaseline 3 times a day should be good.
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Do not remove the scars ,it will shed of automatically when the new skin if formed underneath
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Apply some Vaseline based ointment.
Keep the site clean & dry.
Do physiotherapy for the lower limbs.
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Let it dry
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Dr. Prathyusha Azari
Orthopedist
5 yrs exp
Visakhapatnam
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Keep the wound dry ,let it healed naturally by itself
Apply vaseline based ointment
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Dr. Pratik Kumar
Orthopedic surgeon
12 yrs exp
Gorakhpur
Nothing to be done.
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Dr. Nadipineni Tejaswini
Orthopedic Surgeon
6 yrs exp
Hyderabad
If there is no discharge from that site,no need to worry.Just keep the area dry.
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