Effect of Cryotherapy on Recovery Outcomes among Patients Undergoing Surgical Rhinoplasty | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 84, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 1148-1169 PDF (1.54 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.239102 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman S. Salah El-Din1; Samah M. Abd El-Ghaffar2; Mohammed A. Megahed3; Omima Said M. H. Shehata4 | ||||
| 1B.Sc. Nursing Sciences Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University | ||||
| 2Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University | ||||
| 3Professor of Plastic and burn surgery Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University | ||||
| 4Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Surgical rhinoplasty has many complications such as intraoperative bleeding, eyelid edema and ecchymosis, Post-operative pain and theses complication can lead to Post- surgical rhinoplasty dissatisfaction syndrome. Purpose: to examine the effect of cryotherapy on recovery outcomes among patients undergoing surgical rhinoplasty. Design: A quasi experimental research design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted in the Plastic and Burn Surgery Department at Menoufia University Hospital (Emergency Hospital), Menoufia governorate, Egypt. Sample: A consecutive sample of 60 adult patients of both sexes who undergoing surgical rhinoplasty and fulfills the inclusion criteria was selected and assigned randomly into study and control group, 30 patients for each. Instruments of the study: five instruments were utilized in data collection; 1) A Structured Interviewing Questionnaire, 2) Intra-operative surgical field bleeding grading scale, 3) Visual Analogue Pain Scale, 4) The modifified “Surgeon Periorbital Rating of Edema and Ecchymosis” questionnaire, 5) The Short Assessment of Patient Satisfaction. Results: The findings revealed that the study group achieved statistically significant improvement than control group regarding all the recovery outcomes after implementation of cryotherapy. Conclusion: Implementing the cryotherapy as perioperative nursing intervention among patients undergoing surgical rhinoplasty is effective as it reduces the intraoperative bleeding, reduces the postoperative pain, reduces the postoperative periorbital edema and ecchymosis as well as has a significant improvement of patient's satisfaction. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| cryotherapy; recovery outcomes; surgical rhinoplasty | ||||
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