Table 1.

Recommendations of postoperative activity after abdominal and hernia surgery were modified according to Güsgen et al. (2).

Recommendation	Laparoscopic procedures	Combined or hybrid approaches	Open abdominal/hernia surgery
Resting	None	None	None
Straining and physical activity
Activities of daily life	Immediately	Immediately	Immediately
Rehab and guided physical therapy	Immediately after wound healing	Immediately after wound healing	Immediately after wound healing
Sports and sexual activity	After wound healing, pain is the limit	After 2–4 weeks, pain is the limit	After 3–4 weeks, pain is the limit
Sick leave
Office job/light physical labor	1–2 weeks	2–4 weeks	4 weeks
Heavy physical labor	2–3 weeks, depending on pain	3–4 weeks, depending on pain	4 weeks, depending on pain
Abdominal binder	Offer during hospital stay, afterward depending on pain	Offer during hospital stay, afterward depending on pain	Offer during hospital stay, afterward depending on pain

In case of a complicated postoperative course, impaired wound healing or extensive/complex procedures longer periods might be necessary based on a decision of an individual surgeon. Therefore, wound healing with this is considered as the day of suture removal.