Will I have pain when my stiches or sutures are removed?
Aurai-je mal lorsque mes points de suture seront retirés ?
Pain during removal of stiches or staples is minimum. Having said that, occasionally I have had patients who joke and tell me that that is the worst pain that I have had during the whole procedure including the hip replacement surgery. I spray a numbing medication before taking the sutures and staples out to make the patient more comfortable during the procedure.
La douleur lors de l'ablation des sutures ou des agrafes est minime. Cela dit, il arrive que des patients me disent en plaisantant que c'est la pire douleur qu'ils aient ressentie pendant toute l'intervention, y compris la pose d'une prothèse de hanche. Je vaporise un médicament anesthésiant avant de retirer les sutures et les agrafes pour que le patient soit plus à l'aise pendant l'intervention.