Perioperative nursing of patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury caused by traumatic cervical spine fracture

VernacularTitle:创伤性颈椎骨折致不完全性颈髓损伤患者的围术期护理
Author: Jie PAN ; Jing CHEN ; Dan ZHAO
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: cervical spine fracture; cervical spinal cord injury; perioperation; nursing
From: Modern Clinical Nursing 2016;15(1):48-51
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the effect and perioperative nursing experience of surgical operation on patients with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury caused by traumatic cervical spine fracture. Method Fifty-nine patients with traumatic cervical spine fracture in our hospital from January 2011 to 2014 were nursed perioperatively, including before operation , training accttenty with swallowing and blowing balloons besides basic nursing care , and after operation , mental care , close observation and functional exercises postoperatively. Results The operation time was (110.5+13.0) min, the amount of bleeding was (155.6+7.5)mL. Three patients developed hematoma compression, 13 patients developed high fever. All patients were cured after treatment and nursing. Conclusion Preoperative training of swallowing and blowing balloon is fundamental for ensured surgical effect and intraoperative surgical cooperation and close observation together with postoperative mental care, close obsersation and functional exercise are the guarantee for surgical effect.