Swelling at spay site 18 months post-ophttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/26526/swelling-at-spay-site-18-months-post-op I saw a young dog today for a swelling on it&#39;s ventral midline. If I hadn&#39;t have spayed her myself, I would have said it was just an umbilical hernia - at the level of the umbilicus, soft and mobile like a lipoma. I saw the dog for it&#39;s booster inen-USTelligent Community 10RE: Swelling at spay site 18 months post-ophttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/190206?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:56:41 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:e7768d88-da77-41eb-995e-007754f568beAnthony Dennison<p>[quote user=&quot;Iain Richards&quot;]</p> <p>Probably spayed too fast!</p> <p></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>I&#39;ve just double checked the op time on the records. 20 minutes for a tiny little crossbreed.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Swelling at spay site 18 months post-ophttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/190190?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:51:48 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:7e41da94-96ad-44c5-ac6b-b580db01d4ecClare Tapsfield-Wright<p>I&rsquo;ve seeN this a couple of times over the years and yes it usually resolved and I suspected it was an encapsulated bit of suture material finally resorbing. certainly wouldn&rsquo;t rush in ,judicious wait and see IMO&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Swelling at spay site 18 months post-ophttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/190176?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:51:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a6607b0b-97ec-4274-8b66-c923308bf5c8grumpyoldman<p>Suture sinus or incidental arthropod attack ?&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Swelling at spay site 18 months post-ophttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/190086?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:04:17 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b9b2532d-e89f-4618-be1f-89fb730e08cdIain Richards<p>Probably spayed too fast!</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Swelling at spay site 18 months post-ophttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/190085?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:00:32 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:d6ac8b75-308b-4ae2-b967-0ef1f405d2eeEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;Anthony Dennison&quot;]could there be a bit of suture material left this long after and there&#39;s an inflammatory reaction to it?[/quote]</p> <p>Could be.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>