Tummy Tuck Drain Tube Removal

Outside of surgery drains are often placed in interventional radiology and the doctor placing the drain uses an x ray machine or another type of scan to make sure.

Tummy tuck drain tube removal.

How to remove your drain after a tummy tuck in this video marisol yanez removes a drain aproximately 2 weeks after her mmo. I worked this up way too much in my head. Guess who is drainless. A drain can be placed during surgery or as an outpatient procedure.

Pus or bloody drainage from the seroma or incision site. One of these is the tummy tuck drain a small tube with a bulb attached that allows you to remove excess fluid to prevent seroma infection and other complications. Unfortunately seromas typically form after the drains have been removed. This is postop days 11 16.

This is video 3 in my vlogs. The drain does exactly what it sounds like. The tummy tuck is a great surgical procedure for removing excess skin stretch marks and fat but certain post op devices and techniques are required for proper healing. In many cases the use of drainage tubes will be sufficient for.

And although i meant what i said about the slug overall i think my toddler could. Tummy tuck recovery removal of drain day 7 post op didn t hurt comment like subscribe or more. I included a video of my drain removal as well as a visual update on my tummy tuck status. It drains fluid away and out of the body just like a plumbing drain.