Surgeons often place retromuscular drains during hernia repair to reduce complications. This study analyzed 336 patients who had hernia repair with varying drain output levels at removal. Results show that the volume of drain output at removal didn’t affect postoperative wound complications, length of stay, or hernia recurrence rates. This suggests that it’s safe to remove drains earlier, even with higher output, without compromising short- or long-term outcomes in ventral hernia repair. Timing is not a crucial factor in this context.
Journal Article by Meyer AM, Hu A (…) Horne CM et 5 al. in Surg Endosc
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