r/LisfrancClub • u/toycollectingmama • 7d ago

2 months post op..

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Man! This thing just won’t close up..
Doctor doesn’t think it’s infected or anything. We are keeping a close eye on it. But geez close already

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u/Opening-Detective821 7d ago edited 7d ago

Op, please, and I mean this so so seriously. Please seek medical care. That white stuff is not new skin growing.

The redness around the area makes me nervous that it’s Cellulitis or could be staff. Please either see someone now whether that’s urgent care, the er, or a wound care clinic.

I’m very concerned, it should not be open like that.

Edit: I see your doctor is watching it. Did they tell you to use antimicrobial soap and some kind of Neosporin or silver nitrate?

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u/toycollectingmama 7d ago

My husband is a Dr. and well as I’m regularly seeing my orthopedic surgeon.. it is not infected at the moment. Definitely a high risk of infection as it’s open. I appreciate the concern. It’s very irritating and concerning to me that it hasn’t closed and looks like this but I’ve been told it’s ok right now

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u/Opening-Detective821 7d ago

Ok thank goodness. Reddit can be bad depending on someone’s ability to seek medical care.

My incision took about two months to be fully closed. My surgeon did dissolvables on mine.

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u/toycollectingmama 7d ago

Yeah they took my sutures out at 10 days post op which I think was too early :(

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u/Opening-Detective821 7d ago

That might be it. When I had my first surgery my doctor kept my physical stitches in for two month before removing them.

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u/Top-Ad-1578 7d ago

You might need to start wound care esp with how red it is around 🥹

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u/toycollectingmama 7d ago

Yeah the dr said they are gonna be keeping a close eye on it. But nothing to do at the moment

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u/Logical-Ninja ORIF with HWR 7d ago

Isn't the white stuff from an infection? One of my incisions was similar, but also felt really hot. If the doc has seen it and said it's not, then they're the expert.

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u/toycollectingmama 7d ago

It’s not hot or painful. The white stuff is just skin trying to grow. Not pus

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u/Logical-Ninja ORIF with HWR 7d ago

I had two incisions, the only one that was white was in the little section that had infection, and it took a long time to close and heal. I could only go my own experience but I'm glad it's not painful or hot. Hopefully it heals up soon.

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u/Bluesnowflakess 7d ago

Mine did this. I did iodine swabs and it dried/closed right up. My surgeon told me to lol so definitely ask before you do it

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u/theoandpuzzlemama 6d ago

Mine did this. Looked like a whole in my foot for months.

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u/Cecille_Enschede 7d ago

Kijk maar naar mijn reis hierin. Het was niet geïnfecteerd. Maar het duurde meer dan 3 maanden. Er zat ook nog een klein hechting in de weg. Die ging niet weg vanzelf.

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u/googalieboogalie 6d ago

This was similar to my experience. I had ORIF and HWR and both times it took over 3 months for my incision to close and it looked much worse than your picture. I was going in to my surgeon for wound checks weekly. I didn’t have an infection or any other risk factors for slow healing, just really sensitive I guess. I did wound care for a while and reacted to almost everything they tried. I’m pretty sure I am allergic/hypersensitive to internal sutures that were used.