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Notes on Lumbar Vertebra Surgery 腰椎手術後注意事項
Notes on Lumbar Vertebra Surgery 腰椎手術後注意事項
2024/3/28
- Food, soft ones preferred, is allowed if patients feel no nausea or vomit.
- Before stitches taken off, avoid having your wound wet; once the dressing is wet, change it immediately.
- Activities after surgery :
- Lie on your back before doctors grant back fixation; no sitting or getting out of bed if doctors do not give the permission.
- Roll over like log on your own when lying on the bed; do not foreget to maintain an upright posture.
- Wear external fixation before getting up or sitting up.
- Wear external fixation at all time except lying on bed once granted by the doctor.
- Rest in bed as much as possible two weeks after the surgery. Take on appropriate amount of exercise according to individual recovery condition.
- Once granted by the doctors, remove fixation 3~4 weeks later.
- Avoid heavy workload and improper posture within 2~3 months after the surgery.
- Proper getting up posture :
- Lie on the side first.
- Lift up the upper torso with two hands.
- Then sit up.
- Proper sitting posture :
- Correct. Upper torso maintains a upright posture.
- Incorrect. Leaning on the chair is not a good posture.
- Incorrect. Higher or shorter chairs are not suitable.
- Proper posture for picking up objects
- Correct. Walk to the spot and squat when picking up something.
- Correct. Lifting stuff eith legs stretching open and upper torso staying upright.
After being discharged from the hospital, return for regular check-ups. Return to the hospital immediately if any of the following conditions occurs:
- Red, swollen, heated, and aching wound.
- Severly injuried surgical site.
- Double injured waist or injured waist caued by outer force.
- Sudden soreness, numbness, and aching lower limbs.
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