Before surgery | Preadmission counselling |
No preoperative bowel preparation | |
Preoperative oral carbohydrate administration | |
During surgery | Preventing hypothermia by upper body air-warming device |
Use of thoracic epidural anaesthesia | |
Nasogastric tube removed at end of surgery | |
After surgery | Mobilisation for 15 min on day 0 after surgery |
Use of 500 mL oral fluids on day 0 after surgery | |
Intravenous fluid infusion stopped on postoperative day 1 Mobilisation at least three times for 30 min on postoperative day 1 | |
Resumption of solid food on postoperative day 1 | |
Use of oral nutritional supplements on postoperative day 1 | |
Use of magnesium oxide on postoperative day 1 | |
Removal of (thoracic) epidural analgesia on postoperative day 2 |