Post ablation groin/leg problems

[HettieHen]

I underwent ablation on 9 March and had a few complications, inc coming home with a chest infection. After 6 days on antibiotics that cleared but my groin wound, which had been up until then, barely noticeable, began to swell and I could feel a kidney bean sized lump. As instructed should swelling occur, I went to A&E (it was midnight) where I was seen by a trainee cardiologist. He was sure it was the lymph node. Three days on and my thigh to my knee feels like it’s being squeezed in a brace and the swelling remains the same as it was. It’s incredibly debilitating. I phoned the arrhythmia nurse team who said some swelling could be expected and that the vein down my leg could be bruised too, but to be alert for shooting pains in my leg or discolouring etc. I don’t have that, just this awful feeling of my thigh being twisted/tightened. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It’s really getting me down, having suffered it for about three days and I have to get back to work this week.

[jeanjeannie50]

Hi Hettie

I had a lump in my groin appear after an ablation. It was a haematoma (large clot of blood). To me who knew nothing about this type of thing, it felt like a tube had been left inside me. It was hard and about one inch long.

I went to my GP who told me it was fine, didn't believe him so went to A&E who explained exactly what it was and it cleared from my body in a few weeks. At no time did I have any pain with it or the squeezing you are getting. It certainly sounds like your lump could be aggravating a nerve.

Jean

[bassets]

I think if it doesn't appear to be clearing on its own you should ring the nurses again.

[Astridnova]

Did anyone give your leg a scan, such as an MRI? I would not accept what you have been told so far. It is obviously getting worse. The danger is of a clot.

[Ducky2003]

I had severe bruising of my leg making my skin feel stretched, eventually covering thigh to toe. The arrhythmia nurse told me to come in and straight to the ward.As luck would have it, the EP who had performed the ablation was on the ward at the time, recognised my name, had a look and wheeled me down to ultrasound himself to have it checked.

Nothing was leaking, I'd just been incredibly unlucky with bruising. It took about 3 weeks to go with liberal application of arnica. Perhaps you have similar but the bruising hasn't made it to the surface yet.

[DawnTX]

Have they checked for a hematoma?