Suction drainage with a Jackson-Pratt, Blake, or Hemovac drain is commonly employed for postoperative drainage of a variety of sites including the abdomen, pelvis, cutaneous tissue flaps, and skin grafts. Some patients may express complaints of discomfort and pain around the skin at the tube’s insertion site and/or where it is sutured in place. There is no consensus in the literature on the ide...

Despite the introduction of stents for large bowel obstruction, many patients still require an emergency laparotomy.1 The colon is often decompressed using a Savage or pool sucker. A Robinson drain provides an effective alternative. Extra side holes are cut in the drain, which is then connected to suction. It can be inserted through the terminal ileum into the caecum via the ileocaecal valve, a...

Despite the introduction of stents for large bowel obstruction, many patients still require an emergency laparotomy.1 The colon is often decompressed using a Savage or pool sucker. A Robinson drain provides an effective alternative. Extra side holes are cut in the drain, which is then connected to suction. It can be inserted through the terminal ileum into the caecum via the ileocaecal valve, a...

Objective: To determine if a subcutaneous closed suction drain decreases the incidence of wound complications in patients undergoing emergency surgery for colorectal perforation. Materials and Methods: Data on 47 patients who underwent emergency operations for colorectal perforation were examined retrospectively. The clinical features of these cases with or without the use of the J-VACTM Draina...

BACKGROUND While using an irrigation-suction instrument for laparoscopic surgery, irregular adsorption of fatty tissue may damage the tissue or obstruct continuous sucking. A new device made up of a divided silicone drain tip to prevent irregular adsorption was reported. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cigarette-type silicone drain was cut 4 cm in length. It was slipped over the instrument to cover t...

BACKGROUND The use of closed-suction drains after penile implant surgery remains controversial. The use of BioPatch®, a protective disk with chlorhexidine gluconate, may reduce the incidence of drain-related infections, one of the feared complications of drains. The aim of this study is to describe a novel use of BioPatch® in penile implant surgery as well as additional techniques that may pote...

OBJECTIVE The use of suction drains in thyroid and parathyroid surgery is common practice in order to avoid haematoma or seroma, as well as to identify promptly the onset of haemorrhaging that might compromise the patient's airway. The goal of this study is to evaluate the experience on 79 thyroid and parathyroid procedures, in 50 % of which a drain was used. RESULTS No differences were found...

A prospective trial has been carried out to determine the value of suction drainage in the operation of meniscectomy. One hundred operations were analysed, in half of which drains had been used. The use of the drain could not be shown to result in any sustained advantages. The demand for analgesics after the operation was reduced but not to a statistically significant level. The size of the ear...

BACKGROUND Despite limited evidence, closed suction drainage is often used to reduce the risk of seroma formation after breast cancer surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of drains and fibrin sealant on the incidence of seroma formation. METHODS A total of 116 patients undergoing surgery for breast cancer were randomized to receive suction drainage (group 1; n = 58), or t...