• Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
NING Ning, Email: gkningning@163.com
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Objective  To explore the feasibility and safety of early feeding after arthroscopic surgery with general anesthesia. Methods  One hundred patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery with general anesthesia between January and December 2017 were randomly divided into the routine feeding group and the early feeding group, with 50 cases in each group. In the routine feeding group, patients were feeding after anus gas passage or 6 hours after surgery. Under full assessment, patients in the early feeding group could drink or eat when recovered from anesthesia. The nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, and thirst incidences and the comfort degree 6 hours after surgery, the time of first stand up on foot, and the length of hospital stay between the two groups were compared. Results  There was no statistical difference (P>0.05) in the incidence of disgusting (10.0%vs. 22.0%), vomiting (6.0% vs. 16.0%), abdominal distention (4.0% vs. 12.0%) or length of hospital stay [(6.44±2.28) vs. (6.34±0.94) days]. The difference in the incidence of postoperative thirst (14.0% vs. 40.0%), the comfort degree 6 hours after surgery (2.36±1.21 vs. 4.14±1.53), the time of the first stand up on foot [(17.30±10.32) vs. (20.84±3.92) hours] were statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusions  Early feeding is safe and feasible for the postoperiative arthroscopic surgery after general anesthesia, and can improve the patients’ comfort degree.

Citation: LI Pengcheng, NING Ning, LI Jian, LIU Li, LI Jing, ZHANG Zhong. The feasibility study on early feeding after general anesthesia in arthroscopic surgery. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(9): 1177-1180. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201808071 Copy

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