JP drain in 4 weeks post open prostatectomy. Hi All, I had surgery on June 11, 2018 and had the catheter in 2 weeks. The JP drain volume wouldn’t get to under -100 ml for 4 weeks! This was a drag but...
It’s been 17 days. JP drain still in. Output is now between 200 ml to 250 ml. So it’s starting to come down. I took catheter out yesterday. That’s going about as I expected. But the JP drain is way...
Thanks for the feedback. It’s much appreciated. Urine output seems less than past days but is good color. Just noted leaking around tube even with suction on! Still no fever or significant pain....
Age: 67; PSA 8.4; Gleason 3+4; 64% positive cores on biopsy; perineural invasion; tumor stage T1c Procedure: Open prostatectomy 6.11.18; Home on 6.13 with JP drain and catheter - both still in. JP...