Postoperative control. Postoperative period

For sure, every person at least once faced with any disease. If some diseases proceed fairly easily and quickly end, others may require surgical intervention. This article will provide you with a medical term called "postoperative control." You will find out what is the peculiarity of patient care at this time. It is also worth mentioning that such a postoperative period is generally understood.

Postoperative period

This time begins when the patient was removed from the surgical table. Thus anesthetizing effect (anesthesia) can still proceed. The postoperative period ends when the patient ceases to feel any discomfort from the performed manipulation and returns to the usual rhythm of life.

Most of the postoperative period is within the walls of the hospital. It is here that the patient is monitored (postoperative control). In some cases, the patient may leave the hospital just after he regains consciousness. In this case, the person is given appropriate postoperative treatment and the necessary recommendations are given.

Depending on the complexity of the surgical intervention, the postoperative recovery time can last from several days to six months. In this case, an important role is played by the patient's age, physical preparation, body weight and other factors.

How is the postoperative period?

If the patient is in the hospital, then nurses, nurses and doctors take care of him. When a person is released home, recommendations for care are given to the person accompanying him. Postoperative control has several key criteria. Let us consider them in more detail.

Bed rest

A prerequisite for recovery after surgery is to observe complete rest. Depending on how severe the operation was, the mobility limitation can be set for several hours or the same day.

When performing gynecological operations (scraping the uterine cavity, laparoscopy, etc.), the patient's mobility is limited to several hours. So, the patient can get up as soon as the narcosis is over.

If the operation is performed on vessels, veins and arteries, the restriction of mobility depends on the area of the damaged skin (postoperative suture).

At operations on vital organs (a liver, kidneys, a stomach and so on) to the patient register a bed mode for some days.

If the surgical intervention is carried out on the heart area, then the patient can remain at rest exactly as much as the doctor will say. In some cases, a very long stay in a horizontal position is required. Similar recommendations are given after the operation on the spine.

Compliance with a special diet

Postoperative diet is prescribed in almost all cases. The patient is not allowed to eat immediately after he comes to himself. Despite the frequent feeling of hunger? On the first day after the intervention, the patient is only allowed to drink water. All this is due to the fact that after anesthesia, a feeling of severe nausea and vomiting may occur.

Postoperative diet in the following days is recommended only to those persons who have had surgery on the digestive and abdominal organs. So, with gynecological operations, it is necessary to wait for the recovery of the stool, before transferring the patient to a common table. If the operation was carried out on the stomach, intestine and gallbladder, then the diet can be recommended for life.

Carrying out of treatment after operation

Post-operative care consists in timely treatment. So, after each surgical intervention the patient is prescribed an antibacterial course. If there are no complications at all, and there is no inflammatory process, these medications are taken so that postoperative complications do not appear.

In addition to antibiotics, a person can be given medicines aimed at correcting the operated organ. So, in the case of gynecological interventions hormones are prescribed. In the operation on vessels and veins, venotonics and agents for preventing thrombosis are prescribed . In the surgical treatment of the digestive system, drugs can be prescribed to improve the digestion of food and facilitate its absorption.

Monitoring the patient's condition

Postoperative control is also to monitor the patient's condition. To do this, regular tests (blood and urine tests) for the detection of inflammation are regularly performed.

Also, depending on the area in which the operation was performed, manual examination or ultrasound diagnosis may be required. In more rare cases, an x-ray examination or magnetic resonance imaging is prescribed.

If the postoperative complications are found during the examination, then the recovery period can be significantly delayed.

Completion of the postoperative period

Postoperative control ends when the patient's stitches are removed. From this moment, the health of a person depends on the observance of recommendations. Despite this, the patient must regularly visit the doctor for inspection and control.

Summarizing

Now you know what post-operative care is and what are the characteristics of this period. If you have planned surgical intervention, you should know in advance what recommendations will be given after manipulation and prepare for them. Always follow the doctor's prescriptions, listen to everything the expert says. Only in this case the postoperative period will pass as quickly as possible, easily and without complications. Strong to you health and speedy recovery!