Precautions after lung nodule surgery include diet, physical activity, respiratory management, drainage tube removal time, dressing and suture removal.
1. Diet: most of the surgery adopts general anesthesia, after waking up, the vital signs are stable, and a small amount of liquid diet can be taken, and normal diet is gradually taken on the second day after surgery.
2. Physical activity: try to rest mainly in the early stage after surgery, semi-recumbent rest, and start to get out of bed gradually on the 3rd day after surgery.
3. Respiratory management: coughing and expectorating in the early postoperative period will facilitate the discharge of airway secretions, or blowing up balloons will help drain the gas from the drainage tube.
4. Drainage tube removal time: if there is no gas discharged from the drainage tube 3 days after surgery, the drainage tube can be removed.
5. Time of removing the stitches and changing the medicine: most of them are changed every other day, and the stitches are removed in 8~9 days, or according to the healing of the wound.
Precautions after lung nodule surgery, but also according to the specific conditions of the surgery to determine, you can consult the surgeon in detail.