Going to the hospital for enemas can usually be treated in the Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal Surgery, and Emergency Departments, and enemas are chosen according to different treatment purposes. An enema is a catheterized infusion of liquid into the colon, which helps to stimulate gastrointestinal motility and improve the symptoms of constipation. Enemas are usually divided into two categories, retention enemas and cleansing enemas. An enema usually requires the patient to lie on their left side with their legs bent forward, exposing their buttocks. The enema is usually given with warm soapy water or warm saline, the main purpose of which is to dilute the stool and stimulate the sigmoid colon and rectum so that the stool can be passed more easily. Generally the upper abdomen, stomach, small intestine, colon and other surgery need clean enema, with a small amount of warm saline several times the colorectal feces will be discharged until the discharged material is no fecal residue clean enema, to avoid intraoperative intestinal contents of the contamination of the wound.
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