The complications after esophageal cancer surgery are mainly manifested in the following aspects

Surgery for esophageal cancer is a commonly used treatment method. After surgery for esophageal cancer, good nursing care is required because the complications after surgery for esophageal cancer cannot be ignored. Now, let the experts introduce to you what the complications after surgery for esophageal cancer are. I hope it can help you better understand the complications after surgery for esophageal cancer .

1. Functional thoracic gastric emptying disorder: After esophagectomy, gastric motility disorders are often prone to occur, causing thoracic gastric emptying disorders and resulting in a large amount of gastric contents retention, which is also one of the complications after esophagectomy.

2. Reflux esophagitis: It is a common complication after esophageal cancer surgery. The main manifestation is that acidic liquid or food refluxes from the gastroesophageal esophagus to the pharynx or mouth when lying down after a meal or sleeping in bed at night, accompanied by symptoms such as burning or pain behind the sternum and difficulty swallowing.

3. Respiratory tract infection after esophageal cancer surgery: manifested by symptoms such as cough, chest tightness, and difficulty breathing, it is one of the common complications after esophageal cancer surgery.

4. Severe diarrhea: Gastrointestinal dysfunction after esophagectomy leads to diarrhea. Currently, it is generally believed in clinic that it is related to vagus nerve severance and increased gastrin concentration.

Through the above introduction, do you have some understanding of the complications after esophageal cancer surgery? I hope the above simple introduction will be helpful to you. Here, I also wish that esophageal cancer patients can receive early treatment and recover soon.