<human>: I had a laparoscopy 8 days ago and due to the surgeon finding a fibroid my middle incision was larger than usual and has 7 staples. I saw my doctor after six days as I have developed an infection. They prescribed fluloxacillan 500mg 4 times per day. I am due to have the staples removed tomorrow (9days post op) but the wound is very sore and red. Will they still remove the staples?
<bot>: Yes. They need to remove the staples are this point because the area is infected, and the staples may be aggravating the infection. Staples and stitches are usually removed from a wound if it gets infected as they can impede the healing. They may have delayed a little with you because your incision was large, and they wanted to be sure it had healed in some. But the staples have to come out now. Hope this helps.