How to do incision infection after cholecystectomy

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I was found to have cholecystitis before, and then I went to the hospital for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Now on the fifth day after the operation, I feel that the edge of the knife starts to itch and I want to grasp it with my hands. I also found that the wound is purulent. The doctor said that the incision is infected. Now let's share how to deal with incision infection after cholecystectomy.

How to do incision infection after cholecystectomy

The first method: if the patient's wound infection symptoms are mild, the wound is only red and swollen, exudate symptoms, at this time can use normal saline to clean the wound every day, after cleaning, apply Iodophor for anti-inflammatory, at the same time pay attention to do a good job in wound care, avoid wound infection again.

The second method: if the patient's wound infection is more serious, and there are symptoms of wound suppuration, or even wound ulcer, the first thing to do at this time is to carry out debridement operation on the wound, remove the wound pus and the necrotic tissue at the wound site, so as to avoid the aggravation of wound infection. After cleaning, the dressing was changed normally until recovery.

The third method: during the wound infection period, some anti-inflammatory and anti infective antibiotics can be taken orally under the guidance of doctors. If the infection is serious, anti infective intravenous infusion treatment is needed. During the period of wound infection, pay attention to the wound care, pay attention to the daily diet conditioning, avoid eating spicy, irritating food, avoid eating hair.

matters needing attention

After cholecystectomy, the wound can be healed and discharged, but the trauma caused by operation, and the temporary imbalance of digestive tract function caused by the absence of bile storage and concentration, all need a certain time to repair and compensate, therefore, there is still a period of treatment and nursing.