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2020年7月13日—HowdoesaJPdrainwork?AJPdrainisaclosedsuctiondevice,meaningthatthefluidsarecollectedwithinaclosedsystem,withouttheneed ...

Some surgeries may require your surgeon to place a drain under your skin. This device is used to drain bodily fluids that might collect under or near the incision (where the surgeon cut your skin). A drain helps these fluids leave the body. Removing these fluids helps the wound heal, can prevent infection, and can decrease the amount of drainage on surgical bandages. There are several kinds of surgical drains. One common type is called a Jackson-Pratt drain, or JP drain.

A JP drain is a closed suction device, meaning that the fluids are collected within a closed system, without the need for an outside suction machine. A JP drain has a thin, flexible rubber tube that sits under the skin in the area under or near the incision. A small incision, or cut, is made in the skin for the tube to enter. Often the skin and tube are sutured (st...