Preoperative care for rectal cancer is very important

Rectal cancer care is something that must be taken care of before surgery. As one of the most common digestive tract malignancies, the incidence rate is increasing year by year, and it is a dangerous disease that has attracted widespread attention. Rectal cancer care before surgery mainly involves making various preparations for the surgery, including the patient's psychological preparations.

(1) Psychological care: When a permanent artificial anus is required, it will cause inconvenience in life and mental burden to the patient. We should care for the patient and explain the necessity of the operation to him/her so that he/she can accept the operation in the best mental state. This is the key content of preoperative care for rectal cancer.

(2) Improve nutrition, correct anemia, and enhance the body's resistance. Try to give the patient a high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin, easy-to-digest, low-residue diet to increase tolerance to surgery.

(3) Rectal cancer care requires adequate intestinal preparation to increase the success rate and safety of the operation.

(4) Give intestinal antibiotics 3 days before surgery to inhibit intestinal bacteria and prevent postoperative infection. Give liquid food and fast 1 day before surgery to reduce feces and facilitate intestinal cleaning.

(5) Performing whole-bowel irrigation one day before surgery according to the patient's condition and observing the effect of the irrigation is the most important part of rectal cancer care.

With the development of medical technology in modern society, the success rate of rectal cancer surgery is relatively high as long as the care of rectal cancer is done well. Patients should first choose a regular hospital and experienced doctors. As long as the care of rectal cancer before surgery is in place, the impact on patients after surgery will be small and they can live and work normally.