Postoperative care methods for patients with cervical cancer

Many patients will experience postoperative complications and recurrence after treatment, which is related to the postoperative care of cervical cancer. Family members must pay attention to it. Here we will introduce the postoperative care methods for cervical cancer , hoping to help everyone.

1. Keep the ward environment quiet and the air fresh. Before the patient wakes up from anesthesia, he/she should lie flat without a pillow, with the head tilted to one side, keep the airway open, pay attention to safety, and prevent falling out of bed and getting injured due to restlessness. This is something that should be paid special attention to in the postoperative care of cervical cancer.

2. Nursing of body position After surgery, patients can be given a suitable lying position according to the needs of their condition. Except for minor operations, after spinal anesthesia, patients lie flat without pillows for 6 hours, and can change to a semi-recumbent position after vital signs stabilize. This position allows the diaphragm to drop to a normal position, which is conducive to ventilation and drainage. Patients who have undergone total lung resection are only allowed to lie down, and avoid full lateral position to avoid excessive displacement of the mediastinum and cardiovascular distortion causing shock. It is forbidden to lie on the non-operative side to avoid compression of the only lung and cause severe hypoxia. Patients who undergo orthopedic limb surgery often have to raise the affected limb to promote blood circulation. After cranial surgery, the head is high and the feet are low, which is conducive to venous return in the head and prevents increased intracranial pressure and cerebral edema. After thyroid surgery, a semi-recumbent position should be taken to prevent serious complications such as suffocation caused by cervical hematoma compressing the trachea. After laryngeal reconstruction or tracheoplasty, the head needs to be fixed in a forward position of 25°-30° to reduce the tension of the anastomosis. In short, the body position required by the doctor should be assisted by the patient to execute it conscientiously.

3. Nursing of drainage tubes Radical tumor surgery involves a wide range of resections, and patients often need to have various drainage tubes placed after surgery to monitor their condition. For example, chest tubes are placed after esophageal cancer and lung cancer resections; rubber cigarette drainage is placed after colorectal cancer surgery. Medical staff can observe the drainage volume, color and quality of the drainage fluid through the drainage tube to understand the infiltration and bleeding in the body cavity, so the drainage tube should be kept unobstructed, which requires attention to protecting the drainage tube from being twisted, falling off, being compressed, and even more so, being contaminated.

The above is an introduction to postoperative care for cervical cancer. The nutrition of the patient must be kept up after surgery, and some dietary adjustments can be made. If you want to know more about cervical cancer, please consult online experts.

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