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Reply to "How many scars do you all have from proctocolectomy?"

@CTBarrister posted:

 Closed suction drains are/were routinely used in a non laparoscopic colectomy and I had them. I had multiple of them inserted and they hurt when removed. No scars though, from those tubes.

As for the question of why you need them, it's because your body produces the fluid that needs to be removed lest you get infected. The reason why NG tubes have to be inserted is because your body doesn't decide to stop producing bile or gastric juices just because you have had surgery. You find that out in a big way when you get an NG tube and it's a biology lesson one doesn't soon forget. However I think it's also fairly natural for the body to produce these collected fluids after the trauma of Abdominal surgery. Those tubes aren't put in reactively, you wake up from surgery and they are already in your body. They are 100% preemptive rather than reactive. And it's because your body will produce the fluid.

They hurt a bit when removed, although it's over with quickly. A bit more painful is the removal of the urinary catheter. Which is also inserted during surgery as with the other tubes.

Oh wow, I learned a handful information. The drain looks pretty serious! And yeah I had a NG tube before due to blockages- it was horrifying! And why I had my urinary catheter removed, it did not hurt me at all for some reason, it actually felt good to me. 

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