In outpatient or emergency department, patients often ask how long they can swim after the wound is sutured. Most clinicians may tell patients not to swim after suturing the wound, waiting for the wound to heal and the suture to be removed before swimming. Orthopaedic doctors usually tell patients using external fixators that they can swim in chlorine-containing disinfectant water or a clearer swimming pool after the wound surface of the fixator needle path heals. The main concern about whether the wound can swim in the pool after suturing lies in two aspects: the potential infection of the wound surface after contacting the water surface and the possibility of healing of the damaged tissue. The risk of infection depends on Read More …