Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Optimisation of the patient having oncological surgical through prehabilitation: a narrative review
Authors' conclusion
Prehabilitation has the potential to improve surgical outcomes for patients undergoing cancer surgery.
Study context
- Population
- Patients having cancer surgery
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Elements of prehabilitation (exercise, nutrition, psychological support) for cancer surgery reviewed, with recent evidence and ongoing challenges
- Role of behaviour change and different prehabilitation models considered; facilitators and barriers to implementation explored
- Prehabilitation positioned as an integral part of the oncological surgical pathway, including but discrete from medical optimisation
Original publication
Optimisation of the patient having oncological surgical through prehabilitation: a narrative review. Anaesthesia. Published 8 January 2025. doi:10.
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