Nursing care for patients surgery with lymphedema in the limbs

This bachelor´s deals with Nursing care for patients surgery with lymphedema in the limbs. We set ourself dwo essential targets. The first target is: to map out the specifics of nursing care after a surgical solution of the secondary lymphedema from the perspective of nurses. The second target is: to map out the specifics of nursing care after a surgical solution of the secondary lymphedema from the perspective of patients. The theoretical part is focused on disease lymphedema. Lymphedema reflects a serious disorder caused by malfunctioning lymphatic passages. This disease is characterized by unpainful, pale swelling, cold to touch, which is soft at first and later grows stiff and fibrous. This disease is divided into primary and secondary lymphedemas. We focused which surgical operations are used for solution of the lymphedema. The next we focused which of nursing care provided from nurses. The next we focused hwo patients reacted to surgical treatment. We evaluate methods of qualitative exploratory research were chosen in the practical part of the bachelor ´s thesis. Quantitative research with the method of in-depth interviews was selected to achieve the objectives of the thesis. The first research set comprised two nurses, who work for the University Hospital Motol in Prague. The other research set was made up of 8 female patients after surgical operations. Based on the analysis were created main categories - Lymphedema, Preoperative care, Postoperative care and Follow-up care. The research revealed that liposuction is an operation most commonly for treating lymphedema. With its satisfactory results, liposuction proved successful for all of our respondents