This narrative review presents a biological rationale and evidence to describe how the
preoperative condition of the patient contributes to postoperative morbidity. Any preoperative …

Background Prehabilitation aims at enhancing patients' functional capacity and overall
health status to enable them to withstand a forthcoming stressor like surgery. Our aim was to …

Importance Prehabilitation programs for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery have been
gaining popularity in recent years. However, the current literature has produced varying …

Importance Identifying patients at high risk of adverse outcomes prior to surgery may allow
for interventions associated with improved postoperative outcomes; however, few tools exist …

Background Inadequate study reporting precludes interpretation of findings, pooling of
results in meta-analyses, and delays knowledge translation. While prehabilitation …

Frailty is common in the older population and is a predictor of adverse outcomes following
emergency and elective surgery. Identification of frailty is key to enable targeted intervention …

Background Prehabilitation interventions are being delivered across surgical specialities to
improve health risk behaviours leading to better surgical outcomes and potentially reduce …

Background Older adults with frailty are at an increased risk of adverse outcomes after
surgery. Exercise before surgery (exercise prehabilitation) may reduce adverse events and …

Simple Summary Gastrointestinal cancers comprise over 25% of new cancer cases. Surgery
is the primary curative treatment. Prehabilitation before surgery aims to optimize the patient's …

Study objective Prehabilitation is analogous to marathon training and includes preoperative
preparation for exercise, as well as nutrition and psychology. However, evidence-based …