candidates for early discharge after a laparoscopic hysterectomy is important.
The main selection criteria should include patients aged younger
than 70 years, with no mobility limitations or mental health
problems that could impede their autonomy, and who reside close to
a hospital, have at least one family or friend caregiver after hospital discharge,
and have appropriate telephone contact and transport if necessary.
It is also important that certain risk factors, such as the presence of
immediate postoperative complications or significant comorbidities,
which are more likely to be associated with postoperative evaluation
in an emergency unit, are taken into consideration when assessing
early hospital discharge [10]. Finally, successful multimodal care in patients
undergoing a laparoscopic hysterectomy should include adequate
information about perioperative care, as well as the expected length of
hospital stay, management of postoperative mobilization, feeding, and
urinary catheter care. Egbert et al. [18] demonstrated that well informed
patients require less analgesia, experience a significantly lower level of
pain and anxiety, and have better surgical outcomes than do patients
who have not received adequate information. In addition, patients
who are advised about the scheduled length of hospitalization will arrange
their own transport and accommodation after discharge. As it
has been demonstrated, the ability to safely treat individuals with a
shorter hospital stay leads to lower postoperative complications and
costs [10,19,20]. Moreover, patients who are discharged earlier have
been shown to have a significantly higher level of satisfaction and quality
of life