What should you pay attention to before and after prostate cancer surgery

There are many treatments for prostate cancer, but the most effective one is surgery. However, surgical treatment is also divided into three parts. Only when these three parts are done well can the effect of treatment be guaranteed. The first two of these three parts are preoperative examination and surgery, and the last is postoperative care. The last aspect is introduced below:

1. Before radical prostatectomy

1. Give semi-liquid food and oral intestinal antibiotics 3 days before the operation, change to liquid food 1 day before the operation, and perform cleansing enema before the operation to prevent intestinal damage during the operation from causing pelvic infection. Complete physical examinations.

2. Understand the symptoms of each system of the patient and actively treat patients with heart, lung, and kidney diseases.

3. For those with indwelling urinary catheters, they should maintain normal urination and pay attention to the hygiene of the urethral opening to prevent postoperative retrograde infection.

2. After Radical Prostatectomy

1. Closely observe changes in the patient's vital signs, provide ECG care, and continue low-flow oxygen inhalation.

2. Use an anti-reflux drainage bag, connect various flow tubes, mark them respectively, fix them well, do not fold or twist them, squeeze the drainage tube regularly to keep the drainage unobstructed, closely observe the properties and drainage volume of the drainage fluid, and notify the doctor in time if any abnormality is found and take appropriate measures.

3. Help the patient turn over, tap his back, assist in expectoration, and prevent lung infection; give nebulizer inhalation to keep the airway open, and ask the patient to take more deep breaths to prevent lung complications.

4. Accompanying personnel should guide patients to perform leg flexion and extension exercises, do more lower limb massages, and assist in turning over; patients with constipation should use laxatives or anal lubricants under the guidance of a doctor, and advise patients not to exert force when defecating to prevent pulmonary embolism and other complications.

The above are some aspects that need to be paid attention to in postoperative care for prostate cancer. Only when these aspects are taken care of, the recovery of prostate cancer patients after surgery will be better. However, if the disease has developed to the late stage, radiotherapy is the only method, and the effect of surgical treatment is not very good at this time.