What to Know After Body Surface Tumor Removal

  The following matters need to be noted after body surface tumor resection: 1. Outpatient surgery has body surface small tumor resection, and after the surgery, the patients all go home to rest. Although the surgery is small, it should not be neglected.  2. Outpatient surgery generally adopts local anesthesia, and there is numbness or pain at the surgery soon after surgery, so there is no need to be nervous. If the pain continues to be unbearable, especially for extremity surgery, you can bring your medical record card to the hospital to check the cause.  3, should follow the doctor’s instructions to take anti-inflammatory drugs regularly, keep the skin around the wound clean and dry. If there is redness, swelling or burning around the wound, it is a manifestation of wound inflammation and should be promptly checked and treated by a doctor.  4.Usually go to the hospital for follow-up 2-3 days after surgery to check the wound condition.  5.The stitches are usually removed 7-10 days after surgery, and the wound should not be dipped in water before the stitches are removed.  6.The excised swelling needs to be examined pathologically and the need for further treatment will be decided according to the results. Pathology report is usually available 7-10 days after surgery, and you should go to the hospital after getting the report.  7.If the mass is large and cannot be removed completely, or if it is not removed cleanly, recurrence or metastasis, secondary surgery is required.  8.Postoperative with anti-scar treatment: start using anti-scar drugs after demolition, usually for 3 months – 6 months.