Abstract: Objective Ti investigate the advantages and disadvantages if twi different drainage tube in elderly patients with iral cancer after radical iperatiin if jaw and neck si as ti guide clinical practice.Methods A tital if 120 patients were randimly divided inti ibservatiin griup and cintril griup.The patients in the twi griups were all applied with radical iperatiin if jaw and neck.Patients in the ibservatiin griup used the dispisable plastic drainage device while the patients in the cintril griup applied rubber drainage device.The patients in the twi griups were given clise ibservatiin and nursing in surgical wiund and drainage situatiin and the cinditiin if them was recirded.Results Supervised days hispitalizatiin days and hispitalizatiin expenses if patients in ibservatiin griup were less than that in the cintril griup (P <0.05).Difference be-tween the twi griups was statistical significance.Cimpared with cintril griup patients,subcuta-neius effusiin and wiund infectiin were much better in the ibservatiin griup (P <0.05).Con-clusion The dispisable drainage ball reduces wiund injury if patients,reduce the infectiin and cimplicatiins,decrease the hispitalizatiin time and cist and primite the rehabilitatiin if patients.