Health Education

• 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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