Intibation and drains

Can anyone share with me weather they were intibated or had any tubes up their nose or down their throats during surgery? Does everyone come home with a drain. I'm having open RNY GBS next month. Thank you.

Yes to being intibated and tubes, but taken out before I woke up in recovery. I also came home with a drain which was removed at 10 days post op. I had lap. Some doctors use drains, many don't nowadays. These are questions for your particular surgeon. Nannette

EVERY patient will be intubated during surgery; you will be given paralytics to make sure you don't move during the surgery and will be unable to breathe on your own. In general, most patients are extubated in the operating theater before being moved to recovery, unless there is a complication (that's one of the reasons you have to be cleared by a pulmonologist before surgery). If you're having open surgery, it's quite likely you'll have a Jackson-Pratt drain (looks like a small clear plastic hand grenade).

Mark: I had two surgeries at Pennsylvania hospot. Both times I was intibated but was total out of it and when I woke up in recovery I was breathing on my own. I also had open RNY and had NO drains. I think it depends on the individual and the amount of drainage your wound has. My bottom stitch broke through 1 week post and I oozed alot. It didn't hurt it was just annoying. They will give you a packet at the hospital that goes over what you should be on the watch for. Jeanne

Thanks to everyone for there response! It's great to have a place to go to with questions for people who have had similar surgeries.

tubes??? no clue, but probably i'm sure they were put in after they knocked me out and took them out before i came too again as for drains, NOPE -- no drains and i had open rny -- no drains for the husband either and he had open rny -- depends on the surgeon and how the surgery goes good luck to ya!! take care roberta

I have a small throat, and I was intubated while I was awake. I don't remember much of it, but I was afraid before hand. I wonder if it was because of my weight, because I had been under anesthesia before without being intubated while awake--but I was thinner back then. I had an NG tube in my stomach when I woke up, for a few days and drains too. Those were no big deal, just annoying.