After craniotomy you need to eat strictly according to the doctor’s instructions, there is no such thing as the best food, only the most suitable food for the patient. The patient’s postoperative diet needs to be selected from the aspects of food character, food type and patient’s basic disease.
1. Food character: the gastrointestinal function of patients after craniotomy has not been fully recovered, and the patients’ diet needs to be gradual. Generally speaking, patients need to eat easy-to-digest food first, slowly to semi-liquid food, and finally to solid food.
2. Food type: Postoperative patients need to supplement protein and vitamins, such as beef, eggs, spinach, carrots and so on. Patients who cannot eat on their own for the time being can intake fluid high protein and high vitamin food through nasal feeding.
3. According to the underlying disease: patients with cerebrovascular disease should take fresh vegetables and protein as the main food, and patients need to strictly limit the intake of animal fat and high cholesterol food. Patients with hypertension and diabetes need to pay attention to low-salt and low-sugar diets after surgery, and should eat a light diet.
Craniotomy after surgery need balanced nutrition but pay attention to calorie control, it is recommended that the doctor’s advice.