RON:
COLON SURGERY IS A MAJOR SURGERY
RECOVER...
JOINING US THIS MORNING TO TALK
ABOUT "ENHANCED RECOVERY" AFTER
COLON SURGERY AND WHAT YOU CAN
DO BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY, IS
DYKEN, FROM THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL
CENTER - WEST O'AHU.
WHY WOULD PEOPLE NEED COLON
SURGERY? RON: DR. VAN DYKEN:
Reasons for colon surgery
Cancer
Benign disease such as
diverticulitis or
strictures
DR. VAN DYKEN:
recovery after
colon surgery
Shortens hospital stay
Lowers complication rates
after surgery Multimodal pain
management, minimize
WHAT ARE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER
DR. VAN DYKEN:
"Prehab" - before surgery
Gain or maintain muscle
exercise
Work on balance
Mindfulness, mentally prepare
for surgery
Incentive spirometry to get
lungs in shape
After surgery exercises
Any time out of bed rather
than in bed is
After surgery exercises
Any time out of bed rather
than in bed is
great
Incentive spirometry
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENHANCED
RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY, JOIN DR.
QUEEN'S - WEST O'AHU CALLED
"ENHANCED
RECOVERY FOR COLON AND RECTAL
SURGERY," ON THURSDAY, MAY 18,
PART OF QUEEN'S - WEST O'AHU'S
MONTHLY LECTURE SERIES FEATURING
AT 691-7117.
RON: