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Benefits And Drawbacks Of Surgical Drain Management

By Aimee Schwartz


Medical operations must be done meticulously and skillfully. There are equipment, and tools that work for one procedure but may not be applicable to the other. That is why skills, knowledge, and care should come together when it comes to applying processes to a patient. Practitioners should always realize that the lives of their patients rely on their hands.

There are different types of surgeries and all of them use various tools and equipment to ensure efficiency. Surgical drain management is one of the most widely used systems in modern surgery. The main purpose for this is to decompress the air or fluid from the part where the procedure was done.

Some of the examples include the prevention of fluid accumulation like pus, blood, fluids, and dead space or air and characterization of fluid especially if there is a detection of anastomotic leakage. This can be done in operations like plastic surgery, orthopedic procedures, chest drainage process, neurosurgery, cyst operations, catheters, and many others. The application and insertion of such drainages is done carefully by a clinical professional.

There are different types of drains. It can be active or passive, silastic or rubber, open or closed. The active ones maintain high or low suction pressures, while the passive ones have no suction and rely on pressure in the exterior and the body. Silastic is inert while rubber forms a tract. Finally, open uses a stoma bag or a drain pad while the closed uses bottles for the drains.

Despite the differences and classifications, they all serve the purpose of sucking away all the unnecessary fluids and pus in the body. These are removed when the wound is healed. But for proper management, they need to be stopped as they reach at least twenty five milliliters in a day. Also, as the wound heals gradually, the tube parts can be removed one at a time. Each measuring at least two centimeters. Postoperative site, on the other hand are longer which is until one week.

Palliative care means being able to assist a patient with utmost care not only for the physical but also the emotional and psychological wellbeing of the patient. This is very applicable in all types of systems and procedures. That is why they need to be careful and consider the patient when removing the tubes out of the part where the operation took place.

They must also carefully look into the guidelines from time to time in case there are very sensitive processes. Monitoring is an important so that they will know when to remove the tubes. Removing it means that the suction bags or bottles have reached a measurement of twenty five milliliters. They need to observe if the wound has healed yet or not. Otherwise, removing can be the cause of getting infections.

There are also other operations that do not need these equipment. Examples are gastrointestinal procedures. These can still be done in a safe manner even without these tubes. In addition, it could also cause damage to the body if the mechanical pressure is not controlled properly. Hence, guidelines still need to be strictly followed.

Many lives depend on these medical operations. If there are errors in the process, it could cause deadly infections. Thus, medical practitioners have to be really true to their vows of saving lives. Palliative care should be performed.




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