About six weeks after the temporary C-tube is inserted, you’ll return
to the hospital as an outpatient to have the tube replaced with a
less noticeable device.

Figure 16

The Chait Trapdoor ™ C-tube, developed by Dr. Peter Chait at
the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, replaces the
temporary C-tube. The external part of the Trapdoor ™ fits snugly
against your abdomen. The internal part coils itself inside the
bowel, like a telephone cord. (Figure 16)

The Trapdoor ™ insertion is simpler and quicker than the temporary
C-tube insertion procedure and you won’t have to stay overnight in
the hospital.

If the tract is healed and no infection is noted, the physician will
remove the temporary C-tube and insert the Chait Trapdoor ™
C-tube. This procedure takes 10-15 minutes and, if there are no
complications, you will go home shortly afterward.