Alright so most of my grievances have already been aired by the medical kiwis but some things of note that I haven't seen yet (I haven't fully gotten through the thread admittedly.)
For the record I don't do the complete scope of GRS, but I have done a fair amount of labiaplasty and reconstructive repairs on cis women's vulva and here's some observations:
1: The pelvic area should be elevated, it /could/ be the camera angle but I'm fairly certain the pelvis isn't elevated.
2: You're suggested to ice the pelvic area 30 minutes on and 30 off every 4-6 hours, for swelling, you never apply ice directly to skin so that dressing is pretty counterintuitive. (And I've never done or seen a dressing like that in my life.)
Now for GRS specific stuff:
3: Drainage tubes aren't removed for ~5 days, just before a patients are discharged from the hospital, this doesn't include the catheter, it'll stay until your first post-op appt. He seems to be missing his drains however. (Who am I kidding though, that's not a catheter either)
4: Dressings at the incision site will have discharge this will continue for 4-12 weeks.
5: I'll confirm for those wondering that most, if not all, GRS surgeons use Foley catheters.
6: It'll take 4-6 weeks for the swelling to go down. However, significant bruising, is relatively uncommon.
But all this can be disregarded anyway because he didn't actually have GRS.
Prove me wrong, Phil.
