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Why do surgical site open after stiches are removed?
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Stitches: A wound can open after sutures are removed when there is more stress across the incision than the rhaling wound can withstand. Each patient is different - some take longer to heal. Different areas of the body heal at different rates as well.
Answered 9/25/2016
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