Question:
Anyone with FAT NECROSIS, please share...
I had a panni 5 months and still have an open wound and pain. My surgeon has consistently blamed "fat necrosis". Granted, that has been an issue, but 5 months?!!! Seems extreme to me. Please share any experiences you've had. Timeframes, complications, etc. I believe he lumps everything there and ignores significant other possibilities like infection. I'm trying to decide if there's any kind of negligence going on here! THANKS! — jen41766 (posted on February 1, 2004)
February 1, 2004
Without specifics about your wound I can't say too much. I can tell you
the signs of an infected wound is yellow/green drainage, some times it
could be blue/green, and foul smelling. Most times an infection will cause
you to have a fever too, but not always. Typical wound beds should be
beefy red or look like raw beef. Yellow or black tissue in or around the
wound bed is usually unviable or dead tissue and needs to be removed.
Large open wounds do take a long time to heal, sometimes several months
depending on location, pressure to the area, nutrition, and type of wound.
The best thing that you can do to help your body heal is make sure you are
getting in your protein as it helps heal body tissue. You may want to
increase your protein until your wound heals. Also, you can take
additional Zinc and Vit C as well. You can email me privately if you wish
to be more specific about your wound. I'm a home health nurse and will be
going for my wound certification in May. Also, if you are unhappy with
your surgeon's care you can always seek a second opinion. I found this
link for you on tummy tucks stating Fat Necrosis as a possible side effect.
http://www.drcherup.com/plasticsurgery/body_tummytuck.html
I hope this info is helpful.
— adeas
February 1, 2004
Perhaps you should see a wound care specialist for a second opinion? There
aere docs who specialize in such troubles. I had a couple portssites that
did this but it cleared up within a month.
— bob-haller
February 1, 2004
Jennifer... I had a breast reduction 3 years ago and had a similar
experience. I had an open sore for almost 4 months post-op and spend 3 of
those months with a pic line sucking up 2000mg of antibiotics a day. THey
still never "really" figured out what the cause was. I felt it
had something to do with the surgery itself. Are you taping your
incisions? Some times (as in my case) you are allergic to the tape and
that causes problems. I wish I could give you a better answer but I still
dont know what caused my prob. Did you have any problems with your WLS?
Well, I hope you get well soon. You should ask your doc about IV
antibiotics. That was the only thing that got rid of mine.
Wishing you well...Lisa
— Lisa C.
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