Post Op Care

• • MARCH 29, 2023
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  Suture Reactions

  When I perform a cleft-lift, there are dozens and dozens of sutures holding the flap in place. Sutures hold tissues in position until the body’s natural healing process takes over and normal scar tissue takes their place. This healing process takes six weeks in a well nourished patient. In general, we want suture material thatRead more

  • Steve Immerman
  • Post Op Care,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing
• • SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
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  Sitting after Cleft-Lift Surgery

  We encourage sitting immediately after surgery. When I perform a cleft lift, the incision is not in the midline – so when you are sitting there is no force pulling the incision apart. In addition, the reasons patients can have non-healing or recurrence are not that the wound is pulled apart, but rather that it

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  • Steve Immerman
  • Basic Information,
  • Post Op Care,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing
• • SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
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  Recurrent Pilonidal Disease

  Why does it happen? Unfortunately, recurrence of pilonidal disease after surgery is a common problem. This article discusses the reasons why this happens, and presents a good solution. In order to understand why pilonidal disease recurs, it helps to understand why it happens in the first place. Pilonidal disease is caused by the shape and

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  • Steve Immerman
  • Basic Information,
  • Post Op Care,
  • Surgery,
  • Wound Healing

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