ObjectiveTo investigate safety and feasibility of early oral feeding after laparoscopic radical distal gastrectomy. MethodsOne hundred and fifty patients with gastric cancer admitted to hospital from May 2015 to Feb-ruary 2016 were divided into early oral feeding (EOF) group and traditional feeding (TF) group by a randomized contro-lled way. The relevant postoperative indicators, including postoperative complications (wound infection, inflammatory intestinal obstruction, anastomotic leakage, pulmonary infection, gastric retention), feeding tolerance (nausea, vomiting, and reinserting of gastric tube), nutritional status (serum albumin, prealbumin), immune function (IgA, IgG, IgM), recovery of gastrointestinal function (postoperative the first anal exhaust time and defecation time), hospitalization time, and hospitalization expenses, were observed and analyzed. Results① One hundred and thirty-nine patients were included in this study, there were 72 cases in the EOF group, 67 cases in the TF group. The gender, age, boby mass index, etc. had no statistic significances between these two groups (P>0.05). ② All the patients of the two groups were cured and discharged, no patients died during perioperative period. The postoperative the first anal exhaust time, defecation time, and hospitalization time of the EOF group were significantly less than those of the TF group (P<0.05). The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, and postoperative hospitalization expenses had no significant differences between these two groups (P>0.05).③ The levels of serum albumin, prealbumin, and IgA on day 7 after operation in the EOF group were significantly higher than those in the TF group (P<0.05). The levels of IgG and IgM on day 7 after operation had no significant differences between these two groups (P>0.05). ④The tolerance rates of oral feeding of the EOF group and TF group patients was 91.7% (66/72) and 94.0% (63/67) respectively, the difference was not statistically significant (χ2=0.044, P=0.833). While 2 patients needed to be inserted gastric tube again due to nausea and abdominal distention in the EOF group, the symptoms were cured with conservative treatment about 3 d.⑤ The postoperative complications of the EOF group were 10 cases, TF group were 10 cases, the difference was not statistically significant (χ2=0.173, P=0.677). And postoperative complications were cured and discharged after active conservative treatment. Postoperative follow-up of 102 (102/139) cases were completed, follow-up time was 1-6 months, no patients admitted to hospital again for postopera-tive complications. ConclusionEarly oral feeding after laparoscopic radical distal gastrectomy is safe and feasible, which don't only increase incidence of complications, but also improve nutritional status of patients, and promote recoveries of immune function and intestinal function, and shorten postoperative hospitalization time.
ObjectiveTo explore the clinical efficacy and application significance of continuous irrigation and drainage for intestinal fistula combined with abdominal infection.MethodsClinical data of 62 patients with intestinafistula combined with abdominal infection admitted by Department of General Surgery of The 940th Hospital of The People’s Liberation Army Joint Service Support Force from March 2012 to March 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were treated with continuous abdominal flushing and drainage after emergency surgery. The duration of peritoneal flushing, antibiotic use, blood picture recovery, fistula healing, and total hospitalization were summarized.ResultsAll 62 patients were treated successfully without death or septic shock. Among them, 49 cases of intestinal fistula were treated with continuous abdominal flushing and drainage, and 13 cases of intestinal fistula were treated by continuous flushing and drainage of the abdominal cavity. There were 6 cases of abdominal abscess, 5 cases of incision infection, 5 cases of pleural effusion, and 2 cases of pulmonary infection after surgery. The continuous abdominal cavity washing time was (45±21) d, antibiotic use time was (14±7) d, blood image recovery time was (16±8) d, the healing time of fistula was (47±24) d, total length of hospital stay was (56±27) d.ConclusionsFor intestinal fistula combined with abdominal cavity infection, peritoneal continuous flushing and drainage is related with curative effect, high cure rate, fewer complications, simple washing equipment, simple technology, lower cost, and convenient nursing, which can create a good condition for the complexity or refractory patients with intestinal fistula, and has a high clinical application significance.