Early enforced mobilisation following surgery for gastrointestinal cancer: feasibility and outcomes

Guidelines for postoperative care in gynecologic/oncology surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations — Part II

“…There are multiple hypothesized benefits to early mobilization, including a reduction in pulmonary complications, decreased insulin resistance, less muscle atrophy, and reduced length of hospital stay [ 134 , 135 ]. Early mobilization has been shown to be an integral part of systematic efforts to reduce venous thromboembolic complications in the surgical patient [ 136 ].…”

Surgical Techniques for Diaphragmatic Resection During Cytoreduction in Advanced or Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma

“…23 Other studies in the setting of gastrointestinal cancers suggested that early-enforced mobilization (starting within 24 hours of surgery) minimizes the occurrence of pulmonary complications and reduces length of hospital stay. 25,26 Three points of our meta-analysis deserve to be addressed. First, quality of the meta-analysis correlates with the inherent study designs of the 5 selected investigations.…”

Comparison of life‐behavior‐promoting mobilization care with walking‐only mobilization care in post‐gastrointestinal surgery patients: A quasi‐experimental study

“…In the present study, patients in the LPC group expanded their interests to surrounding events earlier, which strongly implies that LPC promotes patient recovery. In addition, a study that described the recovery process of patients who had undergone surgery for colon cancer (Taylor, Richardson, & Cowley, 2010) reported that patients experienced a disconnect between their body and mind, and had to regain control of their body in stages. Patients are "beings with a body that does not act as desired" (Nightingale, 1860); they experience a lack of control following surgery, an inability to focus, and tend to isolate themselves from the surrounding world (Jonsson, Stenberg, & Frisman, 2011).…”