The healing time of open abdominal surgery wound is not particularly fixed, it is mainly related to the size of the wound and the later recovery situation, usually around 8~15 days.
If the laparotomy wound is small, change the dressing regularly, and use antibiotics under the doctor’s guidance to prevent infection, and the wound has not been significantly stretched and stimulated, usually does not affect the wound healing, the wound will gradually heal in about 8 days, and the abdominal pain symptoms will gradually disappear.
If the wound is large and the dressing change is not done properly, the patient’s own resistance is low, which may affect the healing of the wound, and may lead to wound infection during the recovery period, and the wound healing time will be prolonged, and it may take about 15 days for the wound to gradually heal. It may even fail to heal on its own due to severe infection.
Therefore, patients should change the dressing regularly after the operation and take antibiotic treatment such as amoxicillin as prescribed by the doctor to prevent infection. If the infection is serious, it is necessary to go to the hospital and ask the professional doctor to treat it accordingly.