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Mobility and convalescence

Mobility and convalescence

Patients can get out of bed to go to the toilet as soon as they have recovered from the anaesthetic and they should be encouraged to do so. Such movements are remarkably pain free when compared with the mobility achieved after an open operation. Similarly , patients can cough actively and clear bronchial secretions, and this helps to diminish the incidence of chest infections. Mobility and convalescence

Patients can get out of bed to go to the toilet as soon as they have recovered from the anaesthetic and they should be encouraged to do so. Such movements are remarkably pain free when compared with the mobility achieved after an open operation. Similarly , patients can cough actively and clear bronchial secretions, and this helps to diminish the incidence of chest infections. Mobility and convalescence

Patients can get out of bed to go to the toilet as soon as they have recovered from the anaesthetic and they should be encouraged to do so. Such movements are remarkably pain free when compared with the mobility achieved after an open operation. Similarly , patients can cough actively and clear bronchial secretions, and this helps to diminish the incidence of chest infections.