Surgical drains are tubes inserted into the soft tissue of your breast after surgery to help drain excess fluids that build up inside your body. This fluid is normal and fills the space where breast ...

You usually go back there after surgery. Your nurse carries on checking you when ... This includes your: observations wound any tubes and drains you have pain is controlled They check you less often ...

This is usually removed in 1 to 3 days.You will have chest tubes to drain fluid and blood after surgery. The fluid and extra blood are normal and usually last only a few days. The chest tubes are ...

Background: Chest drains are routinely used after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lung resections to evacuate fluid and air from the ...

What happens after surgery depends on the type of anaesthetic, operation and how well you recover. You normally have a wound. And you may have some tubes and drains when you wake up. There is a risk ...