What should I pay attention to during varicose vein surgery?

  I. Timing and requirements for family members Depending on the condition, the hospital stay required for varicose vein surgery is currently between 4 and 10 days, and the ability to resume daily activities can basically be restored at the time of discharge. During the hospitalization period, you can basically take care of yourself, but only about 8 hours on the day of surgery, you need family members to take care of you.  Pre-operative preparation: 1. Before surgery, you should fully discuss the surgical plan and schedule with the attending surgeon in the outpatient clinic to facilitate a safe and smooth operation; 2. Before surgery, you should fully inform the surgeon of your condition, including your past medical history, current disease and the type of medication you are taking; 3. You should absolutely quit smoking for more than 1 week before surgery.  3. Intraoperative process: 1. be accompanied to the operating room by the ward nurse; 2. enter the operating room and have the operating room nurse open the intravenous access (due to the special nature of the operating room, the needles are generally thicker, so it will be slightly painful); 3. the anesthesiologist asks about the situation and selects the anesthesia method for anesthesia according to the physical condition; 4. the surgeon disinfects and performs the surgery; 5. throughout the surgery, try to 5. Throughout the operation, you should try to cooperate with the medical staff, and if there is any discomfort, you should immediately raise it, but you should avoid sudden changes of position and other actions.  4. Postoperative recovery: 1. After returning to the ward, depending on the type of anesthesia, it is necessary to lie flat on the bed with the pillow removed for 6 hours, during these 6 hours, head lifting should be absolutely avoided, but lateral lying and other positions can be adopted according to the recovery of anesthesia to avoid increasing the burden on the lumbar spine; 2. Methods. On the day of surgery, it is generally not required to walk on the ground, but from the second day after surgery, more activities should be done on the ground; 3, due to the bandage, walking after surgery may be uncomfortable, but when walking, we should try to stretch the joints, especially the knee joint. After the bandage is removed, the discomfort when walking will be significantly increased, but it will generally disappear soon.