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Stitch spitting thru incision

I'm 11 days post op and I have a white stitch poking out of my incision more than an inch long. Is this normal? It's the incision where they hold the liver out of the way

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I'm pretty sure that's normal. I had the same thing with my hysterectomy.

If it looks like fishing line, the surgeon will take those out.

It's normal. Don't pull on it. It will fall off.

I had one and it drove me crazy. Just had the Dr. snip it at my Dr. appt. Instand relief!

I had this but it was raised just a little from my incisions so I thought it was dirt or something and tried to pull at it...(yeah, I know idiotic) I had that big "aha" moment after pulling didn't work and realized I had internal stitches...my surgeon didn't say anything about.

Lesson learned, left it alone and my incision healed over it.

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