How to provide good nursing care after cholangiocarcinoma surgery

How to provide good nursing care after bile duct cancer surgery? For serious diseases such as bile duct cancer, surgical treatment is generally recommended. On the one hand, it can quickly control the condition, and on the other hand, it can reduce the damage to the patient's body caused by other treatments. However, patients often need some time to recover after surgery. So how to provide good nursing care after bile duct cancer surgery?

Regarding the question of how family members should care for patients with bile duct cancer after surgery, cancer experts said

1. Application of intravenous fluid and antibiotics Cancer experts point out that according to the needs of the disease, intravenous fluid should be supplemented and water, electrolyte and acid-base balance should be maintained. Antibiotics should be used to prevent postoperative infection.

2. Wound care: Routine dressing change is performed on the third day after surgery, mainly to observe whether the wound has bleeding, exudation, redness and swelling. Evaluate and observe whether the patient has abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and whether the skin, mucous membranes and sclera of the whole body are yellow.

3. General care: All patients are given general anesthesia, oxygen inhalation 2L/min, lying flat without a pillow, with the head tilted to one side. Evaluate and observe the changes in the patient's BP, P and R, and record them carefully. After 2 hours, change the body position according to the changes in the condition, turn the patient over regularly, and take good skin care.

4. Pain observation and treatment Cancer experts say that pain after LC is generally mild, mainly due to acute abdominal expansion leading to tearing of small blood vessels, nerve traction and release of pain mediators. It is mainly abdominal discomfort. It is more common in the upper abdomen, lower abdomen and shoulders and back, and more common in the upper abdomen. It usually lasts for 10 hours and significantly alleviates after 24 hours. No special treatment is required clinically. General analgesia can be given to those with obvious pain.

5 Diet and care Cancer experts say that because LC surgery is less traumatic, patients should generally be encouraged to eat and move early. Generally, after the patient wakes up from anesthesia, he can try to drink a small amount of boiled water. If there is no choking, nausea, or vomiting, he can eat. A light, easily digestible, high-calorie, high-vitamin, and high-protein diet is appropriate to ensure adequate nutrition and enhance the body's resistance and tissue repair capabilities. Patients with stable blood pressure and pulse after surgery can take a free position and move in bed. They can get out of bed and move on the first day after surgery to promote the recovery of intestinal peristalsis and function.

Warm reminder: The early symptoms of bile duct cancer are not very obvious, so it is difficult to detect. Therefore, patients should pay attention to the prevention of bile duct cancer in their daily lives, especially the postoperative care of bile duct cancer.