What are those brown rubber plastic drainage things they put on after surgery?

Question

What are those brown rubber plastic drainage things they put on after surgery?

Answer 1

Im not sure what you mean by brown rubber but heres my take on it!---

You can have drains put into your tummy or wherever the operation was done to drain off any extra fluid/blood/pus so they can keep track of what is coming out.  Letting it drain out also prevents infection of the wound etc.

There is a uninary catheter which goes into the bladder and it drains all the unine out automatically.  It lets them know whether the person has had enough fluids by how much urine they put out.

Answer 2

They drain the blood and fluid from your surgery.

Answer 3

Catheters.

Answer 4

They are called Penrose Drains-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_dra...

They are used both as drains after surgery or slings during.

They are named for the American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose (1862-1925) who created them.

Images (The second one is a bit graphic)-

http://www.cantaertaxel.be/image_files/d...

http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/im...

EDIT: aurora-

"Im not sure what you mean by brown rubber but heres my take on it!---"

The majority of Penrose Drains are made from NATURAL latex which varies in color from light yellow to a dark brownish, especialy if you add a little blood. See the first image I linked. Also the operative (pun intended) words are "...after surgery".

- David