This is a prospective randomized, controlled, unblinded, interventional feasibility study to evaluate if showering with post operative drains in place leads to an increase in complications. The patients included in the study will be those undergoing breast reductions and panniculectomies at Geisinger Medical Center. The patients will be randomized post operatively into one of two groups: 1) patients instructed to shower with drains in place, and 2) patients instructed not to shower while they have drains in place.
Patients having one of the following procedures at Geisinger Medical Center in which drains are placed
Breast reduction
Lower panniculectomy
Fleur-de-lis panniculectomy
Patients on antibiotics at the time of surgery
Patients sent home on antibiotics after surgery
Patients who work in healthcare with direct patient contact
Patients having a panniculectomy to be eligible for a kidney transplant
Sean Devitt
Lead sponsor
Geisinger Clinic
Sponsor institution