Physician Diagnosis

If your wound with the suture develops signs or symptoms of an infection, your doctor may make one of several diagnoses.

• Cellulitis - Local infection of the skin
  
  
• Abscess - Deeper infection of the wound with a collection of puslike material
  
  
• Dehiscence - Separation of the wound edges, primarily due to infection
  
  
• Foreign body - An infection from debris or dirt remaining in the wound and not removed earlier