title: Association of nursing-documented ambulation with length of stay following total laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to examine the association of postoperative physical activity with length of stay in patients who received total laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case group was composed of 70 patients who entered a critical pathway for elective total laparoscopic hysterectomy from 2009 to 2012 and were discharged behind schedule. The control group was selected from patients who were discharged on schedule, and matched to cases using 1:3 ratio propensity score matching. We compared the number of nursing-documented ambulation of the case group with that of control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Year of surgery, age, body mass index, endometriosis, systemic disease, previous abdominal surgery and current medication were well balanced between case and control groups. The number of patients with nursing-documented ambulation in case group (19%) was not different from that in control group (11%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postoperative physical activity measured by nursing-documented ambulation was not associated with length of stay in patients who underwent an elective total laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign gynecologic diseases.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea.
authors: Kidong
authors: K
authors: Kim
authors: Sooyoung
authors: S
authors: Yoo
authors: Eun Joo
authors: EJ
authors: Yang
authors: Jae Hong
authors: JH
authors: No
authors: Hee
authors: H
authors: Hwang
authors: Yong-Beom
authors: YB
authors: Kim
keywords: Ambulation; Hysterectomy; Length of stay; Nursing records; Postoperative care