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. 2022 Feb 15:9:842309.
doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.842309. eCollection 2022.

Application of Operating Room Nursing Intervention to Incision Infection of Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery Can Reduce Complications and Improve Gastrointestinal Function

Ping Wang  1 , Hong Chen  1 , Qi Ji  1
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Application of Operating Room Nursing Intervention to Incision Infection of Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery Can Reduce Complications and Improve Gastrointestinal Function

Ping Wang et al. Front Surg. .

Abstract

Objective: To observe the influence of nursing intervention in operation rooms on incision infection of patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery and the improvement of gastrointestinal function.

Methods: A total of 340 patients who underwent gastrointestinal surgery in our hospital from June 2020 to August 2021 were included. According to the random number table, they were divided into the conventional nursing group (n = 170) and the operating room nursing group (n = 170). The conventional nursing group was treated with routine nursing intervention, while the operating room nursing group was treated with operating room nursing intervention. The incision infection, healing, gastrointestinal function recovery, and complications in the two groups were compared, and the patient care satisfaction was recorded.

Results: The incidence of incision swelling, pain, and incision secretion in the operating room nursing group was significantly lower than that in the conventional nursing group (p < 0.05). The patients in the operating room nursing group had higher grade A healing than in the conventional nursing group, and lower grade B and grade C healing than in the conventional nursing group (p < 0.05). The time of anal exhaust, first defecation, and the time of gastric tube removal in the operating room nursing group were lower than those in the conventional nursing group (p < 0.05). The incidence of postoperative complications, such as incision infection, incision dehiscence, early inflammatory bowel adhesion, and abdominal abscess, in the operating room nursing group was lower than that in the conventional nursing group (p < 0.05). The total satisfaction degree in the operating room nursing group was significantly higher than that in the conventional nursing group (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Nursing intervention in operation room can reduce complications and improve gastrointestinal function when applied to patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery due to incision infection.

Keywords: complication; gastrointestinal function; gastrointestinal surgery; incision infection; operating room nursing.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Comparison of incision infection between the two groups. Note: Compared with the conventional nursing group, *p < 0.05.
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Comparison of wound healing between the two groups. Compared with the conventional nursing group, *p < 0.05.
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Comparison of gastrointestinal function-related indicators between the two groups. Compared with the conventional nursing group, *p < 0.05.
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Comparison of postoperative complications between the two groups. Compared with the conventional nursing group, *p < 0.05.
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Figure 5
Comparison of nursing satisfaction between the two groups. Compared with the conventional nursing group, *p < 0.05.
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