Postoperative complications of esophageal cancer

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Two months ago, my father found that he had difficulty eating. There was a foreign body in the esophagus and he couldn't eat. Later, he went to the hospital and found out that he had esophageal cancer. Even after surgery, he was recuperating at home and now he often felt acid reflux. The doctor said that it was a complication after esophageal cancer surgery. Many friends felt uncomfortable after esophageal cancer surgery. What are the complications after esophageal cancer surgery What's more? Let me introduce it to you!

Postoperative complications of esophageal cancer

First of all, after esophageal cancer surgery, there will be pulmonary dysfunction. Some patients with esophageal cancer need to remove the gastric wall, or even part of the stomach, and the esophagus is connected with the stomach, which can have mutual influence in function. After * resection of esophageal cancer, gastric motility disorders often occur, resulting in dysfunction of the thoracic and gastric emptying, resulting in a large amount of gastric retention.

Secondly, some patients will have postoperative respiratory infection. Although the lung tissue has not been removed in esophageal cancer surgery, the integrity of thorax and intercostal muscle, especially the integrity of diaphragm, are damaged, and the ventilation pump of the affected lung is seriously damaged, so it is easy to produce respiratory infection. When the neck, chest or upper abdominal incision pain occurs, or the stomach has been pulled into the chest to compress the lung, patients may have varying degrees of mutual difficulty, shallow and shortness of breath after operation.

Finally, some friends who have finished esophageal cancer surgery will have diarrhea symptoms. After esophageal cancer surgery, gastrointestinal dysfunction may lead to severe diarrhea. The reason may be related to vagotomy and gastrin concentration. The treatment measures are: to actively give antidiarrheal drugs, at the same time to give rehydration, so as to avoid dehydration.

matters needing attention

In order to enhance the constitution of patients with esophageal cancer, patients with esophageal cancer pay special attention to their diet. There are many things that can't be touched when eating. The "five Taboos" of esophageal cancer diet are: avoid eating sweet, greasy, spicy, fried and baked food; avoid alcohol; avoid eating strong smelling food, such as stinky tofu, milk cool, etc.; avoid some food rich in 5-hta, such as banana, walnut, eggplant, etc; Avoid lying down immediately after meals to avoid food reflux and nausea.