Open surgery for lumbar spine fracture with hard wound should be treated according to the cause of hardness. The common causes of hard wound in open surgery for lumbar spine fracture include subcutaneous scar adhesion, wound infection, skin inflammation and hyperplasia.
1. Subcutaneous scar adhesion: Surgery will cause skin and soft tissue damage, so the formation of obvious postoperative scar, which will be large and hard at first, but with the gradual healing of the wound, the scar will gradually become softer and smaller.
2. Wound infection: when the skin at the incision site shows elevated skin temperature, redness, swelling and pressure pain, there may be wound infection, at this time, we should actively change and disinfect the incision, rinse it with hydrogen peroxide saline, disinfect it with iodine povidone, and if the infection is serious, we need to carry out debridement treatment.
3. Skin inflammatory hyperplasia: Skin inflammatory hyperplasia will lead to poor circulation, resulting in the accumulation of toxins, hard and swollen cuts. You can use some scar removal products under the guidance of your doctor to soften and reduce the size of the scar and expel toxins.
Lumbar spine fracture open surgery wound is very hard may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, to give targeted treatment or treatment.