ABSTRACT
[Summary] A total of 108 cases of endoscopic thyroidectomy via thoracic approach were conducted in our department between January 2012 and January 2015.The comfortable nursing was applied during the operation.The patients’ body position was adjusted properly according to requirements of the operation at different periods of pre-operation, intra-operation and post operation.No complications due to nursing mistakes or improper position occurred in the 108 patients. Follow-up checkups on the second postoperative day found 2 patients with vomiting.According to the Wong-Banker Faces Pain Scale to evaluate the head and back pain, there were 46 cases of 0 point, 51 cases of 1 point, 11 cases of 2 points.We got the conclusion that the application of comfortable nursing for proper position of patient not only reflects the nursing principle of Patients First, but also improves the entire quality of nursing services.