Cranial Repair Post-Operative Considerations

Cranial repair is a common procedure in neurosurgery. Cranial defects caused by various reasons, cranial defects are a serious threat to human health, so the earliest possible cranial repair. Clinically widely used peek skull repair, many patients in the repair of the skull is very want to work as soon as possible, then in the postoperative also need to pay attention to some matters, what are the precautions? Postoperative notes: lying down for 6 hours can be pillow pillow, keep the room quiet, reduce visitation, in order to facilitate the patient’s rest and reduce the chance of infection. Fasting and water fasting, until the next morning after the doctor said you can eat to eat, food should be from liquid to general food transition, try to avoid spicy stimulation and too greasy food. After the operation, we need to use the monitor, the first line is the heart rate, the normal value is 60 to 100, the second line is the blood pressure, the normal value of the upper pressure is 90 to 140, the normal value of the lower pressure is 60 to 90, the third line is the oxygen saturation (reflecting the patient’s hypoxia or not), the normal value is 95 to 100, the fourth line is the respiration, the normal value is 12 to 20, there are individual differences between each patient, if there is an abnormality, please notify the nurse, please! Do not adjust the interface and lead wires of the monitor by yourself. Wake up the patient once an hour to make sure the patient is conscious. If the patient’s consciousness changes from clear to unclear, please inform the nurse immediately. Keep the wound dressing dry, if there is any oozing, please inform the doctor immediately. Observe the patient for epileptic seizures, if there is sudden twitching of a limb or convulsion of the whole body, loss of consciousness, etc., please inform the nurse immediately. Discharge instructions: Psychological guidance: keep stable mood, avoid emotional excitement, overcome uneasiness, fear, anger, worry and other bad emotions, in order to facilitate the recovery of the disease. Diet: Eat more vegetables, fruits, should not drink coffee, strong tea, avoid spicy and stimulating food, reasonable arrangement of work and rest time, to develop good habits, in order to promote the growth and healing of the incision. Do not scratch the skin of the repair area to prevent infection, avoid strenuous exercise, and avoid external impact on the repaired skull area. Instruct the patient to carry out reasonable functional exercise, according to the patient’s condition, encourage him to accomplish some things within his ability to reflect his own value. Regular outpatient follow-up, such as foreign body reaction and other special circumstances at any time to consult the doctor. Warm reminder: the above are the matters that need to be noted after cranial bone repair, hope that patients pay more attention to develop good habits in their normal life.