Soft Tissue Surgery
Placement and Management: Jackson-Pratt Closed Active Suction Drain
Drains are placed in wounds to evacuate fluid that would otherwise accumulate due to dead space, inflammation, infection, and/or necrosis.
About the Author
Bonnie Grambow Campbell, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVS, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Washington State University. She speaks at continuing education programs nationally and internationally and has served as President of the Society of Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery and the Veterinary Wound Management Society. She received her DVM and PhD from Cornell University and completed a small animal surgery residency at University of Wisconsin.