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Postoperative Seroma Visit

Question: Patient presented for cesarean delivery check 11 days postpartum to the midwife. The night prior to visit she developed fever, pain, and hard knots under the incision. She took ibuprofen and feels fever will return when it’s time to take the next dose. Exam of abdomen: nontender to palpation except at incision site, incision with Mefix still on but removed, [...]
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