What can happen if you have had staples removed from your wound and it reopens?

I f the wound re-opened, or dehisced, and it was a significant opening, it may need packing w/ a gauze type dressing or another type of dressing. If the wound would be very shallow, it could probably just be covered w/ a dressing instead of packed. The purpose of packing a deeper wound is so that it heals from the bottom up rather than the skin closing over the wound that is still open underneath. That would allow an abcess to form (not good). Whenever an incision opens like that, the MD needs to be notified so he/she can determine the plan of care.