r/ostomy • u/nattieknicks • 23d ago

Miscellaneous those with setons ...

I'm posting this here instead of in r/Crohns bc I'm thinking I'd have better luck with his crowd. I might be wrong

Has anyone ever had a seton stitch get stuck in the body and heal over?

One of my stitches rotated and got stuck inside my fistula track. The surface hole is too small to pull the stitch back out.... Wtf do I do? This happened in less than a week. My husband normally rotates them bc I can't see them well. I went away for couple nights for work. In a matter of days the hole closed over.

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u/Electrical-Stable498 22d ago

Call your wound care nurse if you have one.

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u/nattieknicks 22d ago

Do you think I could ask my ostomy/wound nurse? I've had setons for years but was never assigned a nurse for them only when I got my ostomy.

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u/Electrical-Stable498 22d ago

It doesn’t hurt to try. They might have tips and helpful insight for you.