How to nurse after esophagus cancer operation

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When I eat, I don't pay much attention to some details, so I suffer from esophageal cancer. Because of timely detection, so I had surgery to treat this disease, but postoperative management is also very important. Now I will introduce to you how to care after esophageal cancer surgery.

How to nurse after esophagus cancer operation

First, keep the gastrointestinal decompression tube unobstructed. A small amount of blood should be taken as normal 24-48 hours after operation. If a large amount of blood is drawn out, it should be reported to the doctor immediately. The gastrointestinal decompression tube should be kept for 3-5 days to reduce the tension of anastomosis and facilitate healing. Attention should be paid to the accurate connection of gastric tube, firm fixation, prevention of prolapse and unobstructed drainage.

The second is to observe the quantity and nature of thoracic drainage. If abnormal bleeding, turbid fluid, food residue or chylothorax are found in the drainage fluid, it is suggested that there is active bleeding, esophageal anastomotic fistula or chylothorax in the thoracic cavity. Corresponding measures should be taken to make a definite diagnosis and deal with it. If there is no abnormality, the drainage tube should be removed 1-3 days after operation.

Third: strict control of diet. There is no serous layer in esophagus, so the healing of anastomotic stoma is slow. During fasting, intravenous rehydration was given daily. If duodenal drip tube is placed, nutrition solution can be infused through the tube after intestinal peristalsis recovery on the second day after operation to reduce the amount of infusion. On the 5th day after operation, if there is no special change in the patient's condition, milk can be taken orally, 60ml each time, 2 ml every time. During the interval, the same amount of boiled water can be given. If there is no adverse reaction, it can be increased day by day. On the 10th to 12th day after the operation, we should change to a semi liquid diet without residue, but we should pay attention to prevent eating too fast and too much.

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After esophageal cancer surgery, our body must be very weak, so postoperative nursing is particularly important. As long as we do a good job in postoperative nursing, and keep our body in a healthy state, then we can not let the disease relapse.