I'm on day 9 after a recent ablation for flutter, having had an original fib ablation plus top-up procedure back in 2002. I have discovered a bit of a lump...
The wound site is mending itself with the haematoma colouring going, the pressure dressing came off on day 2, however, I have a bit of a lump underneath the skin at the wound site, R groin. It's a bit tender, feels about 5 cm long, a bit cylindrical of say 1 to 1.5 cm size, but today there's more lump one end of it than the other. Slightly restricting movement in that I can feel it if I bend down.
I'm currently assuming it's nothing to worry about, however, I didn't have this after my previous ablations nor on the left after a cardiac stent. They may have done a lot of femoral access during my AD surgery in 2017, too. I will contact a doc after a couple of weeks if it isn't resolving.
In the meantime, can anyone enlighten me as to what this might be, and experience of similar?
Thanks!
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Oh wow, never realised that resource! Thanks Bob. Puts my mind at rest.
I admit to not being so active in the AF community in recent years, perhaps something to do with my aortic dissection in 2017 and helping create a similar resource, the Patient Guide for AD (see my bio). But I got 100% fixed in my AD surgery and have since been fighting post-op AF, then amiodarone, then AFL, now 1000 ectos/hr! 🤣🤣 Hence I am back here.
Yes we do seem to go round in circles don't we. I produced that resource in response to all the people saying "why did nobody tell me" so asked whaat would you like to know.
I believe it's a hematoma (blood) but it could actually be some scar tissue. In any event that should go away within a month. However, if it starts getting worse or painful, best to let your doctor know about it because very occasionally it will require intervention. But what you describe given your timeline is very normal.
Yes, I had one roughly the same size as yours after an ablation and was convinced that a tube of some sort had been left in my groin. Went to my GP and he said it was normal, didn't believe him so went to A&E who also said normal. Felt quite foolish then. So I can confidently say a haematoma (lump) in the groin after an ablation is quite normal.
You should see the rest of the haematoma in the area! On 2nd thoughts no! Not pretty, up to my hip and down my leg, warfarin, eh?! Starting to fade though. I had a big sac-shaped haematoma on my first ablation top-up and they had to echo it to be sure it was ok
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