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PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM IN PATIENTS’ SURGERY DUE TO PERITONITIS IN THE EARLY POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD

Published 2026-06-30

Authors:

Churpiy I.K.
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1735-9418
Mishchuk V.V.
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-9514
Kuravska Yu.S.
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1338-0757
Zelinska M.V.
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8623-4743
Lopatskyi S.V.
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University image/svg+xml
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9508-3042
Abstract:
Mortality in peritonitis ranges from 9.2 to 37.5 % and has remained so over the past decades. We examined 165 patients with acute surgical pathology. The age of the patients ranged from 18 to 93 years. Men were – 75, women – 90. Conducting a rehabilitation program in the postoperative period in patients operated on for peritonitis contributes to the earliest restoration of the work of all vital organs and systems. Implementation of a rehabilitation program (early mobilization, breathing exercises and dosed active movements for the upper and lower extremities) 12–16 hours after the end of the surgical intervention, which were comprehensive and phased, contributed to the reduction of bronchopulmonary complications by 5.6 %, thrombosis by 3.2 %, early intestinal obstruction by 1.1 %. Conducting physical therapy should be focused on the individual characteristics of each patient, taking into account age, concomitant pathology, duration and volume of surgical intervention.
Keywords:
physical therapy rehabilitation program surgical treatment peritonitis early postoperative period
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Publication:
«World of Medicine and Biology» Vol. 22 No. 96 (2026) , с. 135-140
УДК 615.83+616.381–002+616–089.168
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26724/2079-8334-2026-2-96-135-140