Question
Do children need to remove the stitches after tonsillectomy? After the tonsillectomy, the doctor sutured the larger blood vessels, do I need to remove them? If I don’t remove them, how long will they fall off naturally? The child often has a coughing sound like pharyngitis after surgery, what could be the reason?
Answer
Hello, whether or not you need to remove the sutures depends on the type of suture material used during surgery. If absorbable sutures are used, they do not need to be removed as they will dissolve naturally. However, if non-absorbable sutures are used, they must be removed according to the doctor’s instructions. Based on your situation, it is likely that absorbable sutures were used.