Effect of Abdominal Massage on Excretory Activity and Pulmonary Function Tests in Patients After Surgery

Abdominal massage will be applied to patients at least 30 minutes after morning and evening meals (8:30 in the morning, 20:30 in the evening) for 15 minutes each, similar to the literature \[33,34,38\]. Data of the patients will be collected again 15 minutes after the application of abdominal massage (09:00-09:15 in the morning, 21:00-21:15 in the evening). Abdominal massage will start in the evening of the day the patient is transferred to the clinic (20:30), and will be terminated when the patient defecates. In order to stimulate bowel movements, four basic movements will be used in the abdominal massage to be applied clockwise: superficial effusion, deep effusion, petrissage, and vibration.