How long before you can walk with knee stitches

How long it takes to walk after knee stitches depends mainly on the extent of the injury. If only a small area of skin damage with stitches, generally one or two days after the suture can walk normally, but if a large area of skin damage in the knee joint with stitches, generally need to rest for at least a week or so before you can consider gradually walking, if you walk too early, it may cause the wound to swell, or even cracked, need to keep the wound area dry and hygienic. Knee joint did suture surgery, postoperative generally need more than two weeks before you can remove the stitches, and at the same time give cephalosporin and other antibiotics anti-infection treatment, pay attention to observe the local wound with or without obvious redness and swelling or oozing, if there is redness and swelling and oozing, pay attention to the possibility of infection.