The number of days to rest after bowel polyp surgery depends on the condition, the type of surgery and the patient’s recovery. Usually minimally invasive surgery requires three to ten days of rest, while open surgery takes longer.
If the patient’s intestinal polyps are small and few in number, the polyps are removed endoscopically only. The patient’s surgical wound is small, usually rest for three days to five days, after the intestinal polyps are removed, the patient does not have intestinal perforation, gastrointestinal bleeding symptoms, and can return to normal life and work.
If the volume of intestinal polyps is relatively large, it is difficult to be removed by endoscopy, you need to do laparoscopic surgery, the surgery is more traumatic, usually need to rest for about ten days. In case of open surgery, a longer rest time is needed, usually half a month to a month.
Diet, exercise management, etc. after surgery for intestinal polyps needs to be done as prescribed by the doctor. Starting work time needs to be carried out after there is no gastrointestinal bleeding and gastrointestinal function has fully recovered.