Spinal nerve stimulation is commonly used in patients with intractable chronic pain, spinal cord injury paralysis, etc. After the operation, different nursing strategies need to be adopted according to the different diseases treated.
1. Intractable chronic pain: for example, patients with pain after brachial plexus nerve injury, the treatment needs to bury electrodes behind the spine, and the patients need to wear a cervical collar and lie down with pillows for 7 days after the operation. Routinely leave the drainage tube for 24-72 hours after the operation to ensure that the drainage tube is smooth. Keep the incision clean and dry.
2. Spinal cord injury paralysis: For example, patients with spinal cord injury in vegetative state need to implant electrodes under the clavicle, and pay attention to keep the incision dry to prevent infection. In addition, the patient is in passive lying position for a long time, need to change the position every 2 hours, family members to help massage, passive functional exercise to prevent limb dysfunction.
Whether to need spinal cord electrical stimulation treatment needs to be decided by the doctor after diagnosis and examination of the condition, to actively cooperate with the medical staff, do a good job of postoperative care to avoid complications.