ABSTRACT
Objective To discuss the influence of preoperative family purge care for the quality of life of patients with long type of congenital Hirschsprung′s disease (HD) who had enterocolitis history in neonatal period. Preoperative family purge care, which can shorten the HD postoperative treatment, improve the quality of life. Methods A total of 40 cases of patients with long type of congenital HD who had enterocolitis history in neonatal period received 1-stage radical preoperative by family phone call. Nineteen cases from January 2010 to February 2013 were as normal group and 21 cases from March 2013 to April 2016 were as improved group. Routine family purge nursing care 3-6 months were used in both the groups, while the combined nursing care of expanding anus were used in the improved group in addition. Evaluated the effects of postoperative observation indicates: the first defecation time, length of hospital stay, time needed for expanding anus, patency rate of defecation and not patency rate in 9-12 days, need enema intervention to assist defecate rate after postoperative 1 year, the recurrence of enterocolitis at 1-3 years after operation. Results The first defecation time, length of hospital stay, time needed for expanding anus were (39.15±8.23) h, (7.89±0.82)d, (5.17±0.98) min in normal group, (23.79± 7.54) h, (7.10± 0.29) d, (3.15±0.73) min in improved group, and there were significant differences between two groups (t=6.13, 5.46, 15.54, all P0.05). Conclusions Patient with long type of congenital HD who had enterocolitis history in neonatal period neonatal period,received family enema and expanding anus in 3- 6 months before 1-stage radical preoperative can shorten the postoperative HD treatment, improve the quality of life.