What is a wound drain?

A wound drain is typically a plastic tube that provides a way for unnecessary body fluids or air to flow out of the body from a wound. After surgery, some patients require wound drains. The wound drain is inserted while the patient is in the operating room receiving general anesthesia. The purpose of the drain is to remove fluid and/or blood from the area of surgery. This helps the healing process. Not all patients need wound drains following surgery. One end of the wound drain is placed within the wound and the other end may be connected to a suction collection device. The fluid may be collected in a drainage bag, plastic bulb, plastic carton, or onto a dressing.

Give it a name, and explain it wont be staying forever, its to help your baddie get better.

After having surgery a tube is inserted into the incision (this is done before being closed up). The tube exits the body and is either connected to a pump, small bulb (that will be squeezed to drain), or a container where gravity will allow it to drain. It is draining fluid (and infection at times) off of the wound to prevent infection and help the healing process. It will be removed when the surgeon feels that it is ready.

Some surgical procedures that remove something from the body or an injury that causes leaking need to have a small drain in place to remove the fluid that rushes into the space and would cause problems with excess swelling if the wound was just closed up.

It is a plastic tube that is inserted into a wound to allow unneeded fluids to drain away from the wound, in order to facilitate healing.

More details at the link. The way you explain it is to say that it will make the wound heal faster--even if it doesn't look like it will. They've been used for many years, and they continue to use them because they work.

A wound drain is a small tube they put into a wound that is, or will mose likely become infected, inflamed, or will collect fluid.

The drain allows fluids to drain from the wound rather than collect in the tissue and cause edema (swelling). It is critically important for some procedures to make sure that edema is minimized, so wound drainage is important for the healing process.

It sounds worse than it is. It is usually used after a I&D, or incision and drainage. It means that there was quite a bit of infection, and in order to ensure that all if the infection is gone, they insert a rubber tube, put a little stitch in it and leave it in for a short period of time to ensure all the infection has drained. If for some reason they drained it, closed and there was even a small amount of infection left then it would be reinfected quickly. Hope that helps. And no, it is not painful.

Usually a tube inserted into a wound or site of operation to drain excess fluid or pus away.. Also helps if there is internal bleeding after an operation. usually only required for a few days

Definitions of wound drain - any device by which a channel or open area may be established for the exit of material from a wound or cavity

When un-needed fluids or air ar drained out of the body. They are stuck in after surgery usually, and looks like a c-d shaped disc with a tube sticking into your body. the disc thing is then attatched to a bag which it drains into. Not all patients, however, need them.

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a tube that is incorporated into the bandage that covers the wound to help excess fluid drain and promote healing.