The Effect of Respiratory Exercise After Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic surgery (LS) enables the patient to experience the desired result with smaller incisions in the postoperative period, more aesthetically, stress-free and less painful.This increases patient satisfaction and reduces morbidity and mortality. In the literature, it has been stated that respiratory exercises reduce the level of anxiety in different patient groups in the postoperative period and increase the quality of sleep and recovery.Among the duties and responsibilities of nurses working in surgical clinics are to provide breathing exercise training to patients in the preoperative period and to ensure that it is applied in the postoperative period.This study was planned to determine the effect of respiratory exercise applied to laparoscopic surgery patients on postoperative pain, anxiety, nausea-vomiting and respiratory parameters.

Inclusion Criteria:Agreeing to participate in the study verbally and in writing,18 years and over,No neurological or psychological problems,Fluent in Turkish and able to communicate,No respiratory disease,Brought to the post-operative service,Planned cases,Patients who underwent laparoscopic general surgery (such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, colon, inguinal hernia, appendectomy, incisional hernia, sleeve gastrectomy) under general anesthesia were included in the study.Exclusion Criteria:Those who do not accept to participate in the study verbally or in writing,Not 18 years of age or olderHaving neurological or psychological problems,Those who do not speak Turkish and cannot communicateHaving respiratory diseaseTransferred to the intensive care unit after surgery,Emergency and unplanned casesCases that converted from laparoscopic surgery to open surgery under general anesthesia were not included in the study.