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Objective: To explore the effect in wound healing after using Tzu-Yun-Kao over a wound after abdominal surgery. Using the correct wound dressing can decrease the frequency of dressing change, decrease nursing intervention time, and reduce pain and stress to patients. Hence, this is an important nursing issue in the promotion of wound healing.
Methods and materials:
This is a descriptive study. Our studied samples are 17 patients who underwent abdominal surgery in the general surgical department of our hospital . They all had surgical wound of stage 2-3 without pus discharge. Those patients had informed consents to receive late stage spontaneous wound healing and dressing change with Tzu-Yun-Kao.
Result:
After dressing change with Tzu-Yun-Kao in all 17 patients, complete wound healing was found in 12 patients (71%). In the remaining 5 patients (29%), the wound size, stage, granulation tissue, quality and amount of discharge were significantly better than before using Tzu-Yun-Kao . Using this dressing, 8 patients (47%) reported no pain during the procedure, and mild pain in 9 patients (53%). The patient global assessment of satisfaction to wound healing is 100%. The nursing accessibility to using Tzu-Yun-Kao was reported as being very easy in 10 cases (59%) and easy in 7 (41%). The time taken for a dressing change using Tzu-Yun-Kao was less than 10 minutes.
Conclusion:
The use of Tzu-Yun-Kao in chronic post-surgical abdominal wounds can significantly decrease the frequency of dressing change, prevent pain stress, promote wound healing, and reduce nursing time. This can be used in the future for clinical wound management and further studies.
Methods and materials:
This is a descriptive study. Our studied samples are 17 patients who underwent abdominal surgery in the general surgical department of our hospital . They all had surgical wound of stage 2-3 without pus discharge. Those patients had informed consents to receive late stage spontaneous wound healing and dressing change with Tzu-Yun-Kao.
Result:
After dressing change with Tzu-Yun-Kao in all 17 patients, complete wound healing was found in 12 patients (71%). In the remaining 5 patients (29%), the wound size, stage, granulation tissue, quality and amount of discharge were significantly better than before using Tzu-Yun-Kao . Using this dressing, 8 patients (47%) reported no pain during the procedure, and mild pain in 9 patients (53%). The patient global assessment of satisfaction to wound healing is 100%. The nursing accessibility to using Tzu-Yun-Kao was reported as being very easy in 10 cases (59%) and easy in 7 (41%). The time taken for a dressing change using Tzu-Yun-Kao was less than 10 minutes.
Conclusion:
The use of Tzu-Yun-Kao in chronic post-surgical abdominal wounds can significantly decrease the frequency of dressing change, prevent pain stress, promote wound healing, and reduce nursing time. This can be used in the future for clinical wound management and further studies.