How to care after teratoma surgery

How should we care after teratoma surgery? The location of teratoma is related to the midline anterior axis or midline paracentral area of ​​the embryonic body cavity, and is more common in the sacral and coccygeal regions, mediastinum, retroperitoneum, and gonadal regions. Now many teratoma patients will choose surgery for treatment, so how should we care after teratoma surgery? Let's take a look at the following introduction.

For benign tumors, surgery should be performed immediately once the diagnosis is made to prevent future malignant changes. For malignant teratomas and mixed teratomas, a combination of tumor resection, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy is required. Surgical treatment of teratomas should be performed as soon as possible once the diagnosis is made. For cases diagnosed with malignant tumors, chemotherapy should be performed before surgery to create conditions for elective surgery.

Generally speaking, patients need to rest for two weeks after teratoma surgery, but two weeks is not a rule. Patients should rest according to their own recovery conditions under the guidance of doctors. In addition, patients should also understand some matters before and after teratoma surgery:

1. Eat a semi-liquid diet one day before the operation and do not eat or drink on the morning of the operation to prevent accidental inhalation of anesthesia.

2. Do not eat for 6 hours after the operation, and then eat liquid food, avoid sugar and milk. After the gas is discharged, gradually change from semi-liquid food to normal meals.

3. Purpose and necessity of preoperative preparation: Skin preparation is to clean the skin and prevent infection of the incision. The purpose of preoperative medication is to ensure sleep, induce anesthesia, enhance the anesthesia effect, and reduce glandular secretion. Gastrointestinal preparation prevents aspiration of vomitus during and after surgery, prevents accidental injury to the intestine during surgery, facilitates smooth surgery, and prevents abdominal distension after surgery.

How should I take care of myself after teratoma surgery? The above is some introduction about how long I need to rest after teratoma surgery. If you have any questions, you can go to a local regular hospital for consultation. I hope you will recover soon!