Effect of rapid rehabilitation surgery nursing on patients undergoing radical thyroidectomy

To determine the effect of rapid rehabilitation surgery nursing on degree of pain and stress response in patients undergoing radical thyroidectomy for thyroid carcinoma.

In this retrospective study, the clinical data of 100 patients who received radical thyroidectomy for thyroid carcinoma in Pingkuang General Hospital between November 2020 and October 2022 were analyzed. Among the patients, 56 who received rapid rehabilitation surgery nursing were assigned to the research group, and the other 44 patients who received routine nursing were assigned to the control group. The two groups were compared for thyroid hormone level, degree of pain, stress response, recovery time, hospitalization time, anxiety and depression, nursing satisfaction, and the incidence of complications.

The pain score, recovery time, and hospitalization time in the research group were all lower than those of the control group (all P < 0.05). 48 hours after operation, the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level of the two groups was significantly increased, and was higher in the research group than the control group. Triodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) were significantly decreased, and was lower in the research group than the control group (all P < 0.05). One day after operation, the levels of plasma cortisol (Cor) and angiotensin II (Ang II) in both groups were increased, with significantly lower levels in the research group than the control group (all P < 0.05). After surgery, the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores in both groups decreased (P < 0.05), with significantly lower SAS and SDS scores in the research group than the control group (all P < 0.05). Additionally, the research group expressed higher nursing satisfaction than the control group (P < 0.05), and the research group showed a lower incidence of postoperative complications than the control group (P < 0.05). Age, gender, course of disease, pathologic type, and nursing method were risk factors affecting the prognosis. Logistic regression analysis showed that pathologic type and nursing method were independent risk factors affecting prognosis.

For patients undergoing radical thyroidectomy, rapid rehabilitation surgical nursing can effectively reduce postoperative pain and anxiety, shorten recovery time and hospitalization time, decrease incidence of complications and stress response, but promote a fasterrecovery after operation, and improve the quality of life.