When does esophagus cancer operation pull out gastric tube

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Esophageal cancer has become a more and more common disease in our daily life, especially now many middle-aged and old people are easy to suffer from esophageal cancer. There are many reasons leading to esophageal cancer. My uncle's physical quality has been relatively good, but recently he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He went to the hospital for surgical treatment. What about esophageal cancer surgery I'll tell you today about the time to pull out the gastric tube.

When does esophagus cancer operation pull out gastric tube

First of all: after the operation, you need to insert a gastric tube to eat, and gastrointestinal decompression and drainage. Generally, the gastric tube needs to be inserted for about 7-10-15 days, depending on your own recovery. The upper and lower esophagus were resected and sutured 5 cm later.

Second: generally high protein, high calorie, high vitamin, high trace element food, to ensure that patients recover as soon as possible. Of course, we should pay attention to a small number of meals every time we eat, and help patients to move a little after eating.

Finally: Patients with esophageal cancer should maintain a balance between the spirit and the body, actively maintain an optimistic and cheerful attitude, and firmly believe that they will soon overcome the disease and rebuild a healthy body. Of course, family members of patients should provide a good nursing environment for patients.

matters needing attention

For patients with esophageal cancer, we should correct the bad living habits as soon as possible, eat less spicy and irritating food, and use some nutritious liquid food. It is often manifested in supraskeletal lymph node metastasis, mediastinal metastasis, compression of trachea and invasion of recurrent laryngeal nerve, respiratory symptoms, hoarseness and blood in sputum.