Abstract Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) has been widely applied in
liver surgery since the publication of the first ERAS guidelines in 2016. The aim of the …

Objective To determine the benefits and harms of pre-admission interventions
(prehabilitation) on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing major elective surgery …

Methods: Live liver donors (LLDs) who were fit with no or minimal steatosis were
randomized to receive either a customized low-calorie diet with calorie intake equalling their …

Colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) affect over 50% of all patients with colorectal cancer,
which is the second leading cause of cancer in the western world. Resection of CRLM may …

Background Very low energy diets serve as an intensive approach to weight loss in a short
period of time. Although the preoperative use of very low energy diets to optimize patients …

Introduction While minimally invasive liver resections (MILR) have demonstrated
advantages in improved post-operative recovery, widespread adoption is hampered by …

BACKGROUND Malnutrition is common among patients with cancer and is a known risk
factor for poor postoperative outcomes; however, preoperative nutritional optimization …

Background Autologous transfusion (AT) has long been considered unsafe in major
oncologic operations due to a theoretic risk of spreading metastatic disease, however, few …

Objectives Morbidity rates following liver resection are high, especially among older adult
patients. This review aims to evaluate the evidence surrounding prehabilitation in older …

This systematic review summarises the literature regarding the impact of preoperative
dietary interventions on non-bariatric surgery outcomes for patients with excess …