Stitches
Your child may have stitches in the skin at the biopsy site. These stitches will dissolve on their own.
Dressing care
Your child will have a dressing or bandage over the site of the biopsy. Take the dressing off after 24 hours if a scab has formed over the biopsy site.
If the dressing gets wet or dirty, take it off and replace it with a clean adhesive bandage. Your child may also have a bruise at the biopsy site, which can take up to 10 days to go away.
Bathing
Your child may have a bath or shower one day after the biopsy, but try to keep the biopsy site dry until a scab has formed and it has healed.
Meals
If your child is feeling well enough after the sedation or anaesthetic, they can return to eating what they normally eat. It is also important to encourage your child to drink plenty of fluids for 48 hours after the procedure.
Pain relief
If needed, give your child acetaminophen for pain. Do not give your child any medicines that will thin the blood, such as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) or ibuprofen, without checking with your child's health-care provider first.
Activity
Your child can resume gentle activities one day after the biopsy. This can include walking to school. If it hurts too much to do this on the first day, give your child a rest day and try again the following day.
Your child may need to use crutches if their doctor thinks it is necessary. You can ask their doctor after the procedure if crutches are needed and for how long.
Your child should avoid playing contact sports and doing high-impact activities for about six weeks. Examples include:
- gymnastics
- diving/swimming
- bicycle riding
- rollerblading
- hockey
- soccer
- skiing
- horseback riding
Radiation
- Your child's procedure required the use of X-rays.
- Radiation side-effects are extremely unlikely but can occur.
- Check the treated area of your child's skin for signs of redness or rash two to four weeks from the date of the procedure. Please speak to a nurse in the interventional radiology department if these signs occur.
