Objective To observe the effectiveness of prevention and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the day surgery wards, analyze the influencing factors of VTE occurrence in postoperative patients, in order to reduce the occurrence of VTE adverse events, improve the utilization of medical resources, and enhance the quality of day care. Methods The patient data of the Daytime Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Deyang People’s Hospital between January 2020 and December 2023 were retrospectively selected. According to the implementation time of VTE prevention and control in the day surgery wards, patients between 2022 and 2023 were selected as the observation group, and patients between 2020 and 2021 were selected as the control group. The incidence and the influencing factors of postoperative of VTE were compared between the two groups. Results A total of 2 300 patients were included, with 1 150 cases in each group. The comparison of in-hospital [12 cases (1.0%) vs. 3 cases (0.3%)] and post discharge [7 cases (0.6%) vs. 1 case (0.1%)] VTE incidence rates between the control group and the observation group showed statistically significant differences (P＜0.05). Among the 9 specialties in the Daytime Diagnosis and Treatment Center, the incidence of VTE in thoracic surgery (1.58%), vascular surgery (1.51%), and hepatobiliary surgery (1.29%) ranked among the top 3. The results of multiple logistic regression analysis showed that fourth grade surgery, lower limb surgery, and large intraoperative bleeding (>100 mL) were the influencing factors for postoperative VTE (P<0.05). Conclusions There are many reasons for VTE occurrence, and it is necessary to prevent and treat VTE in the day surgery ward. More attention should be paid to the patient’s surgical grading, intraoperative bleeding volume, and surgical site.
Objective To investigate the application of air leak test combined with methylene blue solution leak test in the detection of anastomotic leakage after total mesorectal excision （TME） in rectal cancer. Methods In total of132 patients with rectal cancer underwent Dixon according to TME in our hospital from Mar. 2010 to Mar. 2013 were enrolled. All patients were randomly divided into air leak test group （n=65） and air leak＋methylene blue solution leak test group （n=67）. The intestinal anastomosis of patients in air leak test group were clamped at 2 cm from the upper endof bowel， then injecting 500 mL distilled water to pelvic， and placing 24# Foley catheter through the anus. The catheter balloon was injected with water to close anus， and then injected with 50 mL gas to find the anastomotic leakage where bubbles happened， and then repaired it. Patients of air leak＋methylene blue solution leak test group were treated with methylene blue solution test in addition. After sucking out of the distilled water in pelvic and gas in the rectum， 1 bottle of methylene blue solution （20 mg） and 50 mL saline were injected， observing the location where the methylene blue solutionleaking out and repaired it. Results Three cases （4.62%） of anastomotic leakage were found during operation in air leak test group， and 9 cases （13.85%） were found after operation. Of the 9 cases， 5 cases were cured with placement of adeq-uate drainage and symptomatic treatment， 3 cases were cured with anal patch， and 1 case was cured with transverse colon fistula and drainage. In total of 15 cases （22.39%） were found anastomotic leakage， 2 cases of them were found by air leak test and another 13 cases were found by methylene blue solution leak test during operation in air leak＋methylene bluesolution leak test group， but no one suffered anastomotic leakage after operation. Compared with air test group， detectionrate of anastomotic leakage during operation was higher （P＜0.05）， and incidence rate of anastomotic leakage after opera-tion was lower in air leak＋methylene blue solution leak test group （P＜0.05）. Conclusions Large anastomotic leakage can be found by using air leak test， and small and hidden leakage can be found by using methylene blue solution leak test， combination method of the two experiments is better. Repair can be performed effectively under direct vision.