had surgery on 4/25 for DC was a large area ie whole hand still have a large area of open wound. surgeon say's "don't worry about it " physical therapist says "worry about it" and i am. am in the process of seeing a wound care specalist. so do consider who you see very hard, i was refured to this surgeon by one that did a fantastic job on my right hand felt cofortable but the comfort has changed to concern.could just be a little paraniod but whan you have stiches removed and are left with a large open wound i think i got a right to be.you may ask why didn't i use the same guy as before well easy to answer he's on the west coast i'm now on the east and figured hey NYC gotta be a good guy here.
My thumb healed nicely as did the upper part of my little finger but my palm sucks had a large die of around the area some prolly due to the hard skin in my hands ,am worried a hell seems worse than it was before surgery.
any one alse have a bad experiance and how did you deal with it.
Terry

Terry,
My surgeon told me before going in that the open wound technique might be used. He told me that it usually has less complications for him. He said that it depended on the elasticity of my skin and how much material he had to remove. He ended up not using the open wound technique for me.