Does early mobilization reduce the risk of complications and adverse events in postoperative hip and lower extremity patients?
Early mobilization is a safe and effective strategy to reduce complications in patients following hip and lower extremity surgery.
This literature review showed that early mobilization is safe and effective in postoperative patients to reduce the risk of complications and adverse events. Nurses and health workers who care for patients can implement early mobilization and motivate patients to cooperate in undergoing early mobilization.
Aprisunadi et al. (Sun,) studied this question.