Do early postoperative mobilization protocols reduce morbidity rate and duration of hospital stay in patients following gastrointestinal surgery?
Current evidence does not support early postoperative mobilization protocols as an isolated element to reduce morbidity and hospital stay after gastrointestinal surgery.
There is a large heterogeneity among the study cohorts, operations and interventions. The available evidence currently does not support specific early postoperative mobilization protocols as an isolated element to further reduce the morbidity rate and duration of hospital stay. Further well-designed trials are required to identify effective early postoperative mobilization protocols.
Willner et al. (2023) studied this question.