Post-Surgical Foot Wound Care — Hernando & Southaven, MS
Specialized care for foot and ankle surgical wounds — including dehisced (opened) incisions, drainage, and post-amputation wound healing.
Surgical wounds occasionally open, drain, or fail to heal as expected. Post-amputation wounds and patients with diabetes are especially vulnerable.
We provide focused post-surgical wound care: incision evaluation, dressing changes, suture or staple management, infection screening, and surgical revision when needed.
- Incision and wound evaluation
- Dressing changes & wound care education
- Suture and staple removal
- Antibiotics when infection is present
- Negative pressure (wound vac) therapy when indicated
- Surgical revision of dehisced wounds
- Coordination with your original surgeon
- Drainage or bleeding from a surgical site
- Incision opening (dehiscence)
- Redness or warmth spreading beyond the incision
- Increased pain at the surgical site
- Fever after surgery
- Stitch or staple problems
- Heavy bleeding from a surgical site
- Fever above 101°F
- Spreading redness or red streaks
- Sudden severe pain
- Wound opens widely or exposes deeper tissue
Frequently asked questions
I had surgery elsewhere and my incision opened. Will you see me?
Yes. We routinely see patients whose surgical wounds aren't healing, even if the surgery was performed at another practice or hospital. Call 662-449-3663.
Is some drainage from a surgical wound normal?
Small amounts of clear or lightly blood-tinged drainage in the first week can be normal. Cloudy, foul-smelling, heavy, or increasing drainage is not normal and should be evaluated.
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Foot Health Centers
Hernando, MS 38632
Foot Health Centers
Southaven, MS 38671
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Same-week appointments usually available for new or non-healing wounds.
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