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How strong are self-removing stitches?

 
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Thomas
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PostPosted: 06.06.2006 06:56    Post subject: How strong are self-removing stitches? Reply with quote
Dear Dr. Merck,

you say, that you use self-removing stiches on the surface of the ear. Are those stitches strong enough, that they couldn't break, till the wounds healed?

Thanks a lot
Thomas
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Dr.Merck
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PostPosted: 06.06.2006 07:03    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear Thomas,

The superficial, self-removing stitches hold for long enough - approx. two to three weeks. After that the stitch points will be fully healed.

Kind regards,
Priv.Doz.Dr.med.W.Merck
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elmer30
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PostPosted: 06.06.2006 22:28    Post subject: self-liquidating stitches ? Reply with quote
Dr.Merck wrote:
Dear Thomas,

The supercial, self-removing stitches will hold for long enough - approx. two to three weeks. After that the stitch points will be fully healed.

Kind regards
Priv.Doz.Dr.med.W.Merck


Sorry, I didn't understood this answer. I read in your website that after the operation, the patient can go home and have his stitches (the exterior ones)removed by his family doctor. Now, I've heard about self-removing stiches - do you perhaps mean that these stiches must not be removed?
Thanks a lot,
best regards
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Dr.Merck
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PostPosted: 07.06.2006 21:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dear Guest,

I used to use stitches which had to be removed by a doctor. Now I've changed the type of thread, so that a post-operative treatment is no longer necessary.

Kind regards,

Priv. Doz. Dr. med. W. Merck
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