Bruising after surgery

So my dad had rny on Tuesday and he has a giant bruise on his lower left abdomen. He is black and blue. Should we be concerned?

I bruised afterwards, around some of my incisions but also on a spot lower on my stomach area also, where there was no incisions. It wasn't painful or anything so I didn't worry about it. If your Dad's seems excessive and is worrying you, a call to the surgeon's office wouldn've hurt.

 

Amy

Probably from a heparin shot. Its a blood thinner. I hear they can cause some pretty nasty bruising and they can take a while to go away.

Thanks everyone! He doesn't seem bothered by it.

I was terribly bruised after my surgery too but doctor said it was normal.

i had a severe bruise on my lower left abdomen too. it was bad, took a long time to go away but dr said it was normal and i did not have any issues because of it. It will go away.

I had bruising, too, but they were from the heparin shots.  The nurse said she would space the 6 shots evenly around my lower abdomen to form a smiley face )

Probably not.  They do a LOT of poking around in there and moving the instruments around in the incisions during surgery.  Even with a lap surgery, bruised areas are not uncommon.

The blood thinner injection may leave a small bruise, but that would not account for more than about a quarter-sized bruise for each injection.  It would NOT account for a large bruise, let alone a "giant" one.

If it doesn't bother him and there is no swelling along with it (which might indicate it is a seroma and might need drained), it is probably nothing to be concerned about.

Lora

I ended up with a massive purple bruise on my left inner forearm.
I've had other random giant bruised after surgery.
I think it happens because all the people maneuvering around you in surgery have to heft you around without your help.
I also am slightly allergic to some of the surgical tape and end with with the weirdest shaped rashes.

Ok, so the bruise has got significantly larger. Going to surgeons office tomorrow. He still has no pain but this bruise is looking bad.