The impact of prehabilitation on patient outcomes in hepatobiliary, colorectal, and upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a PRISMA-accordant meta-analysis

JE Lambert, LD Hayes, TJ Keegan, DA Subar… - Annals of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To determine the impact of prehabilitation on hospital length of stay, functional
capacity, complications, and mortality after surgery in patients with hepatobiliary, colorectal …

Prehabilitation programs improve exercise capacity before and after surgery in gastrointestinal cancer surgery patients: a meta-analysis

CSM Lau, RS Chamberlain - Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Prehabilitation programs or interventions are employed prior to surgery with the
aim to optimize the patient before surgery and to improve their physiologic ability to recover …

Multimodal prehabilitation programs as a bundle of care in gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a systematic review

V Bolshinsky, MHG Li, H Ismail, K Burbury… - Diseases of the colon …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Prehabilitation reflects a proactive process of preoperative optimization
undertaken between cancer diagnosis and definitive surgical treatment, with the intent of …

Improved disease-free survival after prehabilitation for colorectal cancer surgery

M Trépanier, EM Minnella, T Paradis, R Awasthi… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of prehabilitation on
survival after colorectal cancer surgery. Summary of Background Data: Preoperative …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of prehabilitation programs in abdominal cancer surgery

Y Hijazi, U Gondal, O Aziz - International journal of surgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Prehabilitation programs aim to optimise patients in order to enhance post-
operative recovery. This study aims to review the composition of prehabilitation programs for …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of prehabilitation including exercise on postoperative outcomes following abdominal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JL Waterland, O McCourt, L Edbrooke… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: This systematic review set out to identify, evaluate and synthesise the evidence
examining the effect of prehabilitation including exercise on postoperative outcomes …

Effect of multimodal prehabilitation on reducing postoperative complications and enhancing functional capacity following colorectal cancer surgery: the PREHAB …

CJL Molenaar, EM Minnella, M Coca-Martinez… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Colorectal surgery is associated with substantial morbidity rates and a lowered
functional capacity. Optimization of the patient's condition in the weeks prior to surgery may …

Prehabilitation in elective abdominal cancer surgery in older patients: systematic review and meta-analysis

SL Daniels, MJ Lee, J George, K Kerr, S Moug… - BJS open, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Prehabilitation has emerged as a strategy to prepare patients for elective
abdominal cancer surgery with documented improvements in postoperative outcomes. The …

[HTML][HTML] Multimodal prehabilitation in colorectal cancer patients to improve functional capacity and reduce postoperative complications: the first international …

S van Rooijen, F Carli, S Dalton, G Thomas, R Bojesen… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most prevalent type of cancer in the
world. Surgery is the only curative option. However, postoperative complications occur in up …

Prehabilitation and functional recovery for colorectal cancer patients

EM Minnella, F Carli - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer and its treatments are associated with functional decline that has impactful
consequences on quality of life, and care continuum. Thus, optimizing perioperative …