Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify patient bowel movements after hysterectomy or myomectomy. The subjects were 16 patients that had undergone a hysterectomy or myomectomy. Methodological triangulation was used. A quantitative and a qualitative approach to the method were used concurrently and continuously.
It was not only at postoperative days (POD) 3–4 with the risk of bowel dysfunction after surgery, but also at POD7 that they experienced difficulty in defecation. When POD7 passed, the score on the constipation assessment scale (CAS) was improved to the same state as it was before hospitalization in 75% of the patients, but it was not improved in 25% of the patients. The group of patients who did not have any appetite on POD2 were those who had a low defecation rate (without taking a laxative) on POD5 and POD6. Therefore, when the patient does not have any appetite at POD2, we should intervene in natural bowel movement for such patients.
