How to care after rectal resection

The most effective treatment for patients with rectal cancer is radical resection surgery, which is also easy to damage the pelvic plexus due to the operation in the pelvis. After surgery, both lower limbs should be massaged regularly to promote venous blood return and prevent the formation of venous thrombosis in the lower limbs. Also, the lower limbs should be elevated bilaterally during bed rest to prevent this. In addition, the patient should be advised to leave bed early to promote the early recovery of intestinal function, and now after the anal discharge, you can eat liquid food gradually transition, but do not eat dry food, but also affect the wound healing, but also easy to complicate the occurrence of intestinal adhesions or intestinal obstruction. In addition, after the surgery, you can also properly massage the abdomen to play the role of physical therapy, can promote the early recovery of intestinal function.