Patient's question:
After the tonsillectomy, the doctor sutured the larger blood vessels. Do I need to remove the stitches? If not, how long will they fall off? The child often makes a coughing sound like tonsillitis after the surgery. What could be the reason?Doctor's answer:
Hello, regarding the surgical suture you mentioned, whether it needs to be removed or not mainly depends on clarifying the specific type of suture used by the clinical doctor during the surgery to determine if removal is necessary. If it is absorbable suture, it does not need to be removed as it will absorb by itself. However, if it is non-absorbable suture, it needs to be removed. In your case, it is considered to be absorbable suture.