How to properly manage discharge after surgery?
How to manage discharge after surgery? Post-operative discharge is common. It can last between 3 and 5 days depending on the number of incisions made. Where does it come from? How should you manage this discharge on a daily basis once you return home? Our advice Why is there discharge after the operation? Lipedema surgery requires small incisions to be made in order to insert the liposuction cannulas. At the end of the operation, Dr. Nicolas Zwillinger does not close these incisions. This allows for better wound healing. The serous fluid present in the body will drain from these small incisions. The infiltration fluid, a mixture of saline solution, anesthetic liquid, and blood, may drain for about four days after the operation. How often should you change your dressings? The discharge is continuous or intermittent but relatively small in quantity. It is mainly serous-hematic or even just serous discharge. On the first evening and the day after the operation, the discharge may contain more blood, but overall, it will stop on its own after three or four days. You should change your dressings as soon as you notice that they are stained with significant discharge, and only in this case. You should therefore change the dressings two to three times a day at most, and perhaps not all of the dressings each time. It is very important to clean your legs thoroughly each time you change the dressings. How to change the dressings? The incisions are protected by dry sterile compresses covered with adhesive dressings. These dressings are held in place by the adhesive bandages and compression bandages. The dressings must be changed as soon as they become stained or dirty. Simply replace them with new sterile dry compresses and secure them with adhesive dressings. You do not need to wash your legs every time you change the dressing. However, you must clean the area thoroughly with a disinfectant or saline solution. Dry thoroughly before replacing the compresses and adhesive bandages. Once the dressing is in place, remember to put the stockings and compression bandages back on. You can shower with your legs bare by removing all the dressings. Once you are thoroughly washed and dried, you can reapply the dressings yourself if you feel able to do so, or ask a home care nurse to help you. In this case, you will need to contact a nurse (online, list available at your local pharmacy) before the operation to arrange for them to visit your home regularly to provide care. Please note: to avoid staining mattresses, car seats, or train seats, use a mattress protector. Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp
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