Glue , Sutures, or Staples?

Hi Kelsie,
Personally I get both...sutures between the staples (I do not heal well)...they remove the staples after 10 days the sutures after 20 and then I add steri strips plus Montgomery ties (kind of strings attached with sticky stuff on either side of the sutur line and then tied together like a corset!)...When and if I finally heal my suture line is...Beautiful. Meaning that at least for me, it really doesn't make a difference as long as the suture line stays closed and doesn't infect.
I have had it all except for the glue and honestly I have no preference...although I have considered a zipper on occasion.
Sharon

I had internal stitches and glue. My vertical scar is very hard to see:-)

Sue

I had a pretty whirlwind experience with Colitis/Cronhs. From diagnosis to J-Pouch was 2 weeks and was in hospital for 11 weeks.

Anyway you can imagine I was pretty shell shocked, so when the nurse came in to remove my staples with an actual staple remover you would use on paper my mouth dropped. Funny when I think now.

47 staples

I, too, had staples to close my abdominal incision. They looked like industrial type staples! Within a week or so my surgeon removed them. He was not very gentle! That was over ten years ago. The incision site was almost invisible when I needed to have an open surgery hysterectomy. The Gyn surgeon used the same "abdominal" line to open me up. He also used staples to close the site. Within a week one of his nurses removed the staples. She did so with absolutely no pain or discomfort! Go nurses! It's amazing how fast incisional sites begin to heal!

Speak for yourself CeeeeCeeee ...my incisional sites take from 8weeks to 6 months to close (sniff, sniff...)...you have incredible genetics girl!
Sharon

Wow, Sharon! Thanks for the kudos! I never considered myself "fast" at ANYTHING!

Thanks for the replies. How long before they remove them? Another factor for us. I think I heard 7-10 days? I hope to be home and 12 hours away by then! Not going back for just that!

I think we may have to put up a bit of a fuss to avoid it, but I am getting really good at that!

think I've had all of the above in my various surgeries. And the only problem I had with any of them was with the staples. Only because they were supposed to be removed in I think 7 days. I was in the hospital with loads of complications and seems everyone (doctors and nurses) forgot to remove them. So they got removed at about 20ish days. Needless to say.. it was extremely uncomfortable AND the ones that were at the lower part of the incision that had to be "dug out" have left a nice ugly chunk of raised scar line in that area.

Liz, now THAT sounds HORRIBLE! Have you allowed staples since?