Early post-operative mobilisation to prevent Venous Thromboembolism in laparoscopic surgery: a clinical audit.

For its prevention, the American College of Chest Physicians (American College of Chest Physicians) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons) recommend various prophylactic measures based on the patient's risk, calculated using the Caprini and Rogers scoring systems.

Of the proposed recommendations, early mobilisation is a practical and cost-effective venous thromboembolism prevention strategy in a resource-limited setting like ours.

The key objective was to identify and address the limiting factors to improve patient outcome.

The majority (63%) did not mobilise until more than six hours post-surgery.