title: An improved design for vacuum tube drains.
abstract: Mini vacuum drains can be helpful in reconstructive surgery. The drains may be assembled using a scalp needle and a vacuum tube. The addition of the adapter that is used with the vacuum tubes for blood sampling improves the ease of use and practicality of these drains and increases their safety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lapid
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kreiger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glesinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogdanov-Berezovsky
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation*