How long does it take to remove stitches after stomach cancer surgery

At present, with the advancement of medical treatment, most of gastric cancer surgeries are treated by lumpectomy. Normally, the stitch removal time for abdominal incision after gastric cancer surgery is about 7 days, which will be adjusted according to the patient’s nutritional status and may be earlier for some patients. If the patient’s nutritional status is poor, the suture removal time may be delayed. With the improvement of medical technology, the stitch removal time and recovery time of surgical incision are significantly shorter than those in the past. Laparoscopic surgery means that the process of gastric cancer tumor removal and lymph node dissection is all done under laparoscope, and only a smaller incision of 3-5cm is needed to remove the specimen. Therefore, patients who have finished gastric cancer surgery have significantly fewer abdominal incisions than in the past, and their healing ability and recovery ability are improved than in the past.