Table 1.

Functional recovery criteria

Criteria	Objective measurement	Side notes
Adequate pain control with oral analgesia	Numeric Rating Scale <5 or Visual Analogue Score <5
Restoration of mobility to an independent level	Walk to the toilet with/without walking aids and transfer bed/chair	Only possible if preoperative mobility is independent
Ability to maintain sufficient caloric intake	Minimum of 50% required calories
Absence of intravenous fluid administration
No signs of active infection	No fever Declining CRP/leucocyte serum levels

Functional recovery is reached when all of the criteria are met.

CRP, C reactive protein.