How to care for laparoscopic appendectomy

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Appendicitis is a disease often seen in clinic. Generally, this disease is cured by surgical resection. After surgery, careful observation and nursing are also needed. So here we will introduce the nursing of laparoscopic appendectomy.

How to care for laparoscopic appendectomy

First: according to different anesthesia, choose appropriate position, such as lumbar anesthesia patients should go to pillow supine 6-12 hours, to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leakage caused by headache. Continuous epidural anesthesia patients can lie on their back with low pillow, observe vital signs, measure blood pressure and pulse every hour, and continuously measure for three times until stable. If the pulse speed up or blood pressure drop, consider bleeding, should observe the wound in time, take necessary measures.

Second: 12 hours after simple appendicitis resection, or gangrenous or perforated appendicitis resection, if there is a drainage tube, after blood pressure is stable, it should be changed to half lying or low posture half lying position, in order to facilitate drainage and prevent inflammatory exudate into the abdominal cavity, fasting on the day of operation, fluid on the first day after operation, soft food on the second day, under normal circumstances, general food on the third to fourth day.

Third: 3-5 days after the operation, strong laxatives and strong irritant soapy water enema are forbidden, so as not to increase the intestinal peristalsis, and make the appendix stump ligation line fall off or suture wound split. If the postoperative constipation can be oral laxatives, 24 hours after the operation can get up, promote the recovery of intestinal peristalsis, prevent the occurrence of intestinal adhesion, at the same time, it can improve blood circulation, accelerate wound healing.

matters needing attention

Although the operation of appendicitis is only a small operation, if we don't pay attention to the nursing after the operation, there will be many problems. Only by carefully observing the body changes, can we better restore our health.