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HAVING YOUR SURGICAL DRAIN REMOVED
HAVING YOUR SURGICAL DRAIN REMOVEDTRANSCRIPTAs you recover from surgery and your body heals, the fluid draining from your bodywill decrease and there will be a day when you do not need your surgical drainanymore.“I’m down to collecting only 25 CC’s of fluid each day and I was wondering if itwas possible to make a follow-up appointment to have the drain removed?”Everyone is different and the amount of drainage is different. To help your healthcareprovider decide when to remove your surgical drain, make sure you take all of yourfluid log sheets with you to all of your follow-up appointments.“For the last 24 hours it has been at 5 and 5 and so for the previous day 10, so it’scoming down exactly how we want it in order to take it out today.”“Ok.”When the drainage is less than 30 milliliters (about 2 tablespoons) in a 24 hour period,your healthcare provider may decide it is time to take the surgical drain out.Removing the drain can be done as an out-patient procedure. Once it is removed, yourinsertion site will be covered with a bandage to prevent infection as the site heals.Your healthcare provider will give you specific instructions on how to care for yourdrain site after it has been removed. Follow these guidelines to allow your site to healproperly and prevent infection.20% gradient meshhealthclipshealthclipshealthclipshealthclips4% gradient meshThis program is for informational purposes only. Publisher disclaims all guarantees regarding the accuracy, completeness, orsuitability of this video for medical decision making. For all health related issues please contact your healthcare provider.hc_qc_10032_98_en_t00002.pdf healthclips© Milner-Fenwick, Inc.5% gradient mesh
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