Effect of Perioperative Period Nursing on Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi Flap

Ya-qi Wang^1, , Yu Wang², Jian-hui Gan³, Yan Li², Xue Yun² and Mo-nan Li²

¹Department of Surgical Oncology, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, China

²Department of Surgical Nursing, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, China

³Department of Anesthesiology, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, China

Cite this paper:
Ya-qi Wang, Yu Wang, Jian-hui Gan, Yan Li, Xue Yun and Mo-nan Li. Effect of Perioperative Period Nursing on Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi Flap. American Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2023; 10(1):1-4. doi: 10.12691/ajcp-10-1-1

Abstract

To investigate the effect of perioperative period nursing on the quality of life of patients with breast reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi Flap. A total of 90 patients with breast reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi Flap were enrolled from January 2018 to November 2019. Grouped by digital table method, 90 cases patients were divided into experimental group and control group, with 45 cases in each group. The control group received clinical routine nursing, the observation group received targeted nursing intervention measures during perioperative period. The satisfaction and the occurrence of postoperative adverse reactions of the two groups were compared. The average length of hospital stay and postoperative upper limb rehabilitation training compliance; upper limb function score and quality of life score before and after nursing; incidence of upper limb numbness and scar contracture. The nursing satisfaction of the experimental group was statistically significant compared with the control group (P<0.05). The postoperative hospital stay was significantly less than that of the control group, and the postoperative upper limb rehabilitation training compliance was higher than that of the control group. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). There was little difference in quality of life score and upper limb function score between the two groups before treatment. The difference was not statistically significant. After nursing, the quality of life score and upper limb function score of the experimental group patients. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The incidence of upper limb numbness and scar contracture in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion The application of rehabilitation nursing after modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer is effective in the treatment of modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer. It can effectively improve the upper limb function, reduce the incidence of upper limb complications, and improve the quality of life and satisfaction of patients. Perioperative nursing intervention in patients with I stage of latissimus dorsi flap after breast modified radical mastectomy can effectively prevent the occurrence of serious complications and improve the satisfaction of breast reconstruction and the success rate of operation.

Keywords:
perioperative period nursing breast reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi Flap effect of intervention

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