Knots/Bumps around flap surgery scar????

offroaderswife · 11-12-2011, 12:16 PM

Hi,
I had ischial flap surgery on 1/7/11. I am fully healed and life is back to normal. This morning I noticed two knots around my scar. There is not color to them, no skin is broken, everything looks good but the knots/bumps are 3/4 of inch and hard. Does anyone know what this could be?

SCI-Nurse · 11-12-2011, 01:09 PM

Are they red? Warm? Squishy? If so, you could have an abscess. Get them looked at by a wound specialist.

If not, then it is likely that you are feeling areas of scarring associated with the flap healing. Scar continues to remodel and reform itself for up to a year post surgery. Avoid massage and keep an eye on them for future breakdown potential.

(KLD)

offroaderswife · 11-12-2011, 01:18 PM

They are on the side of the scar and they are firm. No red or squishy. Is it ok for me to sit?

lynnifer · 11-12-2011, 01:40 PM

Did you have drainage tubes after? I did and have two similar spots to each side of my scar ... that was more than 20yrs ago though so not sure if they do that anymore.

zillazangel · 11-12-2011, 02:08 PM

Keloids

offroaderswife · 11-12-2011, 02:50 PM

I did have drainage tubes afterwards but it was in a different area than where these knots are. I'm going to make an appointment and see what I can find out.

11-12-2011, 12:16 PM	#1
offroaderswife Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 888	Knots/Bumps around flap surgery scar???? Hi, I had ischial flap surgery on 1/7/11. I am fully healed and life is back to normal. This morning I noticed two knots around my scar. There is not color to them, no skin is broken, everything looks good but the knots/bumps are 3/4 of inch and hard. Does anyone know what this could be? __________________ DFW TEXAS- T-10 since March 20th, 1994

11-12-2011, 01:18 PM	#3
offroaderswife Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 888	They are on the side of the scar and they are firm. No red or squishy. Is it ok for me to sit? __________________ DFW TEXAS- T-10 since March 20th, 1994

11-12-2011, 01:40 PM	#4
lynnifer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Windsor ON Canada Posts: 15,297	Did you have drainage tubes after? I did and have two similar spots to each side of my scar ... that was more than 20yrs ago though so not sure if they do that anymore. __________________ I think over again my small adventures, My fears, Those small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach; And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing, To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world. Anonymous (Inuit, 19th century) T-11 Flaccid Paraplegic due to TM July 1985 @ age 12

11-12-2011, 02:50 PM	#6
offroaderswife Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 888	I did have drainage tubes afterwards but it was in a different area than where these knots are. I'm going to make an appointment and see what I can find out. __________________ DFW TEXAS- T-10 since March 20th, 1994

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11-12-2011, 01:09 PM	#2
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 41,304	Are they red? Warm? Squishy? If so, you could have an abscess. Get them looked at by a wound specialist. If not, then it is likely that you are feeling areas of scarring associated with the flap healing. Scar continues to remodel and reform itself for up to a year post surgery. Avoid massage and keep an eye on them for future breakdown potential. (KLD)

11-12-2011, 02:08 PM	#5
zillazangel Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,288	Keloids

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