Whether or not you can eat yams after surgery depends on the specific situation after surgery. Generally, you should wait until you are ventilated before you can eat anything after surgery, and you can also eat yam appropriately. The yam is processed and cooked to make it easy to digest before eating, do not eat cold yam, can not eat too much yam at a time, to avoid increasing the burden of digestion, yam can be used for both food and medicine, can supplement a variety of nutrients, but also can be used medicinally to treat diseases. Dampness and middle fullness of the patient is not suitable to eat yam; post-surgery patients should eat yam under the guidance of the physician. If the postoperative eating yam appeared to be physically uncomfortable should actively consult the doctor, by the doctor for standardized treatment, do not self-medication, to avoid aggravating the condition.