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A 41-year old asked:
How long is too long for surgical staples?
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A 34-year old asked:
Can medical/surgical staples hurt?
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A 56-year old male asked:
What happens if you leave surgical staples in?
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A 42-year old asked:
How do I know if surgical staples are ready to come out?
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A 34-year old asked:
What happens when surgical staples stay in the skin too long?
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A 63-year old female asked:
Is it safe to leave surgical staples in a leg for months. Leg is swollen?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can internal surgical staples cause a recurring skin rash near the incision?Area?
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A 17-year old male asked:
I went in to get an MRI scan on my spine and I was scared.The lady had me try it for about 40 second before I had them take me out. Now I remember I had surgical staples for a cut on my scalp years ago. I never had them taken out should i be worried?
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A 44-year old asked:
How long can staples stay on a surgery incision?
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A 30-year old male asked:
How long the suture or staples can be removed after surgery?
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A 35-year old male asked:
The skin from a wound after surgery seems to be growing over on of the staples. Do I need to have it seen to immediately, or should I wait for the removal date.
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A 70-year old female asked:
I had surgery and the surgeon used staples. I'm not sure what type of staples, but they were to be left inside the body. He had to go in twice to put in extra staples at the apex end. I think a staple worked it's way lose and exited out today. Safe?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I had my 3rd spinal surgery in the last 2 years and this time he closed up with staples instead. What would be the reason for that? they hurt!
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A 51-year old female asked:
I just had surgery to remove a plate which was put in 3 months ago when I broke my clavicle. Being the 2nd incision, how long should the staples stay?
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A 38-year old asked:
Why do people still get stomach stapling surgery?
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A 62-year old female asked:
To close after hernia surgery staples were used is it an open staple?
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A 31-year old female asked:
If you have surgery and your staples is leaking red puss what do that mean?
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A 24-year old female asked:
I'm 24 and I have stage 3 hemorrhoids and they want to do surgery were they go in and staple them were theycan't fall down is this better cutting them
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A 29-year old female asked:
3rd lumbar surgery, 2nd fusion, in 2 years. This time staples used instead of stitches. My pain is much greater @ incision. Could from staples & why?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Trying to find out if I can go on canoe trip 16 days after surgery, 2 days after staples removed. Had laproscopic GB removal except one incision 4"?
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A member asked:
I had a lap.Gallbladder surgery I have 13-24 surgical clips in my liver, is it a normal thing to have in after that surgery?#nqlu in laproscopic surgeries they cannot use stiches so I have been told since, they only staple.
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A 25-year old male asked:
I had stapled hemorrhoid surgery 2 months ago, will the staples fall out on their own or do I have to get another procedure to get them removed? I tried having receptive anal sex but I found out I still have staples in there 2 months after my surgery?
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A 33-year old asked:
Please advise if it's normal to cough up staples from lung surgery 3 yrs later?
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A female asked:
I had a hole in my bowel and a ulcer and my galbladder was removed i was in surgery for 4 hours i have 25 staples how long dose my staples stay in?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I had stapled hemmoroid surgery 2 months ago. Now from 2 days I'm bleeding from my anus. I checked with finger that there is something inside my anus. Is that staple or thread. How can i get rid of it?
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A 46-year old male asked:
A Dr. recommended me to have PPH surgery for a large internal hemorrhoid. I sometimes engage in anal play with my gf and was wondering if this would still be possible after the surgery? Do the staples all come out after surgery?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Hat what is the possibility that a nerve tissue receiving 90% damage can heal in the foot and ankle? The surgical procedure already used was to insert staples
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A 31-year old asked:
My friend had gastric bypass (stomach stapling) surgery and now has constant problems with dumping, gross.?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I was in a motor cycle accident and my testicles and bowels took the impact. I had my surgery 2-3 weeks ago, when will it be safe for me to ejaculate? Im a little apprehensive since the staples were just removed from my scrotum?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Had surgery on my foot Friday, and today I cut my hand on a staple. should I be worried about infection due to my surgery?
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