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Surgery 5 weeks ago and today stabbing pain on top of leg right below incision and yellow pus from incision?
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Wound infection: if you have pain and pus from a surgical wound, it is infected. See your doctor right away.
Answered 5/24/2014
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Rule out infection!: Seek urgent evaluation by your surgical team to thoroughly examine the underlying cause of your pain and wound drainage. A workup looking for infection will likely be started.
Answered 6/11/2014
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