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        <journal-title>Journal of Medical Insight</journal-title>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">520</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24296/jomi/520</article-id>
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        <article-title>Excision of Suspected Chronic Infected Suture Sinus</article-title>
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      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>2026</volume>
      <issue>03</issue>
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        <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
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        <p>A 65-year-old female with a history of a left deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap for breast reconstruction presented with an incisional hernia and a draining sinus tract overlying the site for her DIEP flap harvest confirmed on physical exam and cross-section imaging. She underwent a wound exploration where the entire suture sinus was excised, and we confirmed that there was no residual foreign material left in the area. This case highlights the importance of staged abdominal wall reconstruction and addressing chronic infection before proceeding with surgery.</p>
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        <kwd>Complication Management</kwd>
        <kwd>Infection</kwd>
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