Just as there is growing interest in enhancing recovery after surgery, prehabilitation is
becoming a recognised means of preparing the patient physically for their operation and/or …

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 …

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of prehabilitation on
survival after colorectal cancer surgery. Summary of Background Data: Preoperative …

Background Patients with low fitness as assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing
(CPET) have higher mortality and morbidity after surgery. Preoperative exercise intervention …

Surgery represents a major stressor that disrupts homeostasis and can lead to loss of body
cell mass. Integrated, multidisciplinary medical strategies, including enhanced recovery …

Background Muscle depletion is characterized by reduced muscle mass (myopenia), and
increased infiltration by intermuscular and intramuscular fat (myosteatosis). This study …

Purpose Functional capacity is an independent indicator of morbidity in colon and rectal
cancer surgery. This systematic review describes the evaluated and synthesized effects of …

Background Patients requiring surgery for locally advanced rectal cancer often additionally
undergo neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NACRT), of which the effects on physical fitness …

The impact of surgery leads to significant homeostatic disturbance. 1 The surgical stress
response is characterised by catabolism and increased oxygen demand. The extent and …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Adult cancer survivors suffer an extremely diverse
and complex set of impairments, affecting virtually every organ system. Both physical and …