Application and nursing key points of wet dressings on the intestinal stoma after enterostomy.

Patients with severe intestinal injury caused by trauma and malignant intestinal diseases require an artificial anus to be established through enterostomy to replace the original perineal anus for defecation. Although enterostomy has brought a new way of defecation to patients, the nursing requirements for an intestinal stoma after enterostomy are high. If complications arise from improper postoperative wound care, the quality of life of patients will be seriously reduced, and the psychological burden will be aggravated. This study compared the nursing effect of wet dressings and traditional dry dressings on patients undergoing enterostomy. Results showed that compared to patients using dry dressings, patients who used wet dressings had significantly lower postoperative dressing change frequency and complication rate, less pain during dressing change, and shorter hospital stays and intestinal stoma incision healing time. This suggests that wet dressings can promote wound healing in patients with enterostomy. In addition, it was found that compared to patients using dry dressings, the postoperative sleep quality, mood score, and quality of life of patients using wet dressings were significantly better. Evaluation of patient care comfort and satisfaction revealed that patients who used wet dressings felt significantly more comfortable and satisfied with their care than those who used dry dressings. Therefore, this study argues that wet dressings can facilitate the wound healing of the intestinal stoma in patients with enterostomy more than dry dressings, and better alleviate the bad moods and improve the quality of life of patients. Wet dressing can be used as a preferred nursing method for patients undergoing enterostomy. AJTR