How long does it take to remove a drain from a laparoscopic surgery

Laparoscopic surgery drainage tube extraction time, mainly related to surgery, drainage, patient condition. 1. Difficulty of surgery: Laparoscopic surgery is mainly through the microscopic cavity, intracavitary surgery for abdominal gallbladder, appendix removal treatment, after surgery according to the patient’s condition to place the drain, surgical trauma is large, seepage of blood, seepage of fluid is more, the drain is usually pulled out in 7 days or longer, surgical trauma is small, seepage of blood, seepage of fluid is small, usually pulled out in 3 ~ 5 days. 2. Drainage: It needs to be considered according to the character, color and amount of drainage fluid, and accompanying symptoms. If the patient does not have obvious abdominal pain, abdominal distension, the drain can usually be removed in about 3 days; if the drainage fluid appears red, the drainage flow is more, the drain will be removed for a longer period of time. 3. Patient’s condition: the purpose of placing the drain is to drain the exudate, local inflammation, to avoid causing tissue septic infection, generally 2-3 days after surgery can be pulled out, postoperative patients with infections, endocardial fistula, etc., the emergence of pus secretion, the drain will be extended according to the condition of the relative. Laparoscopic surgery drainage tube extraction, mainly related to the patient’s own recovery, should be in the doctor’s formal guidance for extraction.