Re: drainage tube question

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............."I did not realize that we go home with any tubes still in. " .............

I can only relate what my surgeon said about going home with tubes, "Leaks are handled 2 ways. The drain tube will take care of any small leaks that your body will heal naturally. If you have a small leak you will go home with the drain intact. Large leaks we try to fix lap... if unable to repair lap we have to go in open."

Luckily my drainage was next to nothing for the last day and a half I was in the hospital (I was in the hosp a total of 3 days). I expected it to really hurt when it was removed as it hurt like hell when my drain was removed from my gallbladder surgery. I expected 4-6 feet of drain tubing too. But it was about 2 foot long and did not hurt at all. I had no leakage from my drain site after the removal.

Viau, switched 3/29/01 http://www.angelfire.com/on/wannabemagic/WLS.html

Dr Ren, NYUMC http://www.med.nyu.edu/bariatric/