How is a surgical drain removed?

Introduction

Surgical drains are used to help continue draining fluids from an area of the body that has been injured by a procedure. The surgeon will place the drain in the incision or wound at the time of surgery, using sterile techniques. After it's placed, your doctor will attach the surgical drain to some type of suction system that helps remove fluid through the tube into a collection bag or bottle. The amount of drainage varies by person and by procedure, but typically drainage continues for 5-10 days after surgery. You might hear a hissing sound coming from the surgical drain site when it's removed.

A surgical drain is a tube that's left inside the body after surgery.

A surgical drain is a tube that's left inside the body after surgery. The drain is used to help continue draining fluids from an area of the body that has been injured by a procedure, such as when you have surgery on your abdomen or chest.

If you're recovering from surgery and have one of these tubes in place, it's important to know how it works, what side effects can occur and how long they last--and how long it takes for them to go away completely.

Surgical drains are used to help continue draining fluids from an area of the body that has been injured by a procedure.

A surgical drain is a tube that helps to remove blood or fluids from an area of your body that has been injured by an operation. Drains are placed in your body during surgery, and they remain there until you have recovered enough for them to be removed safely.

In most cases, surgical drains are placed on one side of your body only; however, it is possible for a drain to be placed on both sides if necessary (for example, if you've had major abdominal surgery).

The surgeon will place the drain in the incision or wound at the time of surgery, using sterile techniques.

When you are having surgery, the surgeon will place the drain in the incision or wound at the time of surgery, using sterile techniques. The surgeon may use a surgical marker to mark the site on your skin where he or she intends to place it.

The drain is placed through an opening made in your skin during surgery, called an incision (or wound). It is inserted into tissue that surrounds an organ or cavity within your body cavity (body cavities include chest wall, abdomen and pelvis).

After it's placed, your doctor will attach the surgical drain to some type of suction system that helps remove fluid through the tube into a collection bag or bottle.

After it's placed, your doctor will attach the surgical drain to some type of suction system that helps remove fluid through the tube into a collection bag or bottle. The collection bag or bottle may be hung on an IV pole and emptied periodically by someone else in your care team.

The suction system is used to remove fluid from the surgical site so that healing can occur faster; this process also helps prevent infection at that site by removing any bacteria present in your body's tissues (you know, those germs you were trying to get away from).

The amount of drainage varies by person and by procedure, but typically drainage continues for 5-10 days after surgery.

The amount of drainage varies by person and by procedure, but typically drainage continues for 5-10 days after surgery. The amount of drainage also depends on the site of the incision, how much fluid was removed during surgery, and how well you are able to move around after your procedure.

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You might hear a hissing sound coming from the surgical drain site when it's removed.

When a surgical drain is removed, you might hear a hissing sound coming from the surgical drain site. This is normal and should not be confused with drainage that needs to be stopped. It's also not necessary to stop the drainage if you hear this hissing sound coming out of your incision.

Your doctor will examine your wound after removing the surgical drain(s), and if everything looks good, they'll take out all remaining stitches or staples and bandages (if they were used).

The drain may feel like a small metal tube with tubing attached to it with tape and/or gauze bandages or it may be covered by an adhesive bandage.

The drain may feel like a small metal tube with tubing attached to it with tape and/or gauze bandages or it may be covered by an adhesive bandage.

If your surgeon installed a surgical drain in the operating room, then you will probably have had the opportunity to see it before being sent home from the hospital. However, if you were unconscious during surgery or if your doctor chose not to use a surgical drain for some reason (which is uncommon), then you may not know what kind of device was left behind after surgery. In this case, there are other ways to figure out what type of device was left behind without having seen it yourself:

• The drainage tubes themselves can be very small--so small that they're not always visible from outside the body--and sometimes doctors choose not to cover them up with dressings but instead just tape them down against skin so they don't move around too much while healing takes place beneath them over time.*

You should call your doctor if you have any concerns about this process

You should call your doctor if:

• You don't hear any hissing when the surgical drain is removed. This can be a sign of infection, which will require further evaluation.
• The surgical drain remains in place after 10 days and you still have drainage from the incision site or swelling around it (or both). This may mean that there are additional surgical sites that need to be drained as well, or that there's some kind of blockage preventing fluid from draining freely through your body. It's also possible that some part of your body has developed an infection around one of these drains and needs antibiotics to clear up before they can safely remove them again later on down the road--but only after giving them time first without any complications so as not to upset any balance within our bodies' systems while trying out new medications like this!

Conclusion

We hope this article has given you a better understanding of how to care for your surgical drain. If you have any questions about the process or concerns about your drain, don't hesitate to call your doctor!