The Impact of Prehabilitation on Patient Outcomes in Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, and Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

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Authors

Joel Lambert · East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Daren Subar · East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Christopher Gaffney · Lancaster University

Abstract

Prehabilitation was associated with reduced hospital length of stay but had no effect on functional capacity, postoperative complications, or mortality rates. Thus, prehabilitation should be recommended to accelerate recovery from cancer surgery, demonstrated by reduced hospital length of stay.

Topics & Keywords

Nutrition and Health in Aging Cancer survivorship and care Frailty in Older Adults

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 274, Issue 1, pp. 70-77

DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000004527

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