Talk:Penrose drain

Name
For whom is the Penrose drain named? DS 16:46, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * For an American gynecologist.. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:22, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Image used
Perhaps we should find a picture of the device itself rather than the rather graphic and somewhat unclear image currently used? AnotherEffect (talk) 21:54, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Purpose of a drain
The article lists draining blood and preventing infection as primary purposes. The primary fluid you need to drain out of a wound site is seroma and it needs to drain so the swelling doesn't tear out all your sutures. I don't have the time to get out my wife's veterinary surgery textbooks to do a bibliography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.10.167.246 (talk) 19:09, 23 October 2020 (UTC)