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6850 Surgery

On postoperative day 3, an otherwise healthy 55-year-old man recovering from a partial hepatectomy is noted to have scant serosanguineous drainage from his abdominal incision. His skin staples are removed, revealing a 1.0cm dehiscence of the upper midline abdominal fascia. Which of the following actions is most appropriate?

ARemoving all suture material and packing the wound with moist sterile gauze
BStarting intravenous antibiotics
CPlacing an abdominal (Scultetus) binder (Correct Answer)
DPrompt resuturing of the fascia in the operating room