"Despite the dictim that it is impossible to effectively drain the free peritoneal cavity, drains are still commonly used and misused".
M. Schein
The first and most important result of the war in the surgical world will be the abandonment once and for oll of the drainage tube. Its day is past, and soon it will only be seen, where it should be, in the museum.
F Hathaway,-1918
No drainage is better than the ignorant employment of it
William Slewart Hoisted, 1852-1922
A drain invariably produces some necrosis of the tissue with which it comes in contact, and enfeebles the power of resistance of the tissues toward organisms.
William Stewart Hoisted. 1852-1922
Drainage of the peritoneum though one of the most important subjects in abdominal surgery, is yet one which stands in a most uncertain position,
Charles Bingham Penrose, 1862-1925
Drainage is a confession of imperfect surgery.
Howard Atwood Kelly, 1858-1943
Although more than five million surgical drains ore used each year in the United States, their effectiveness, therapeutic indications, and efficiency remains an unsolved controversy.
JP Moss
If you have to use drains to take care of post-operative hemorrhage then you did not finish the operation.
