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  • Metabolic Surgery
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine

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  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols modulate metabolism and inflammation but may be less effective if preoperative risks are unaddressed.
  • Preoperative metabolic issues, including insulin resistance and sarcopenia, increase postoperative catabolism, particularly in elderly, frail, or metabolically compromised patients.
  • Current research on prehabilitation's impact on perioperative metabolism is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the metabolic implications of optimizing preoperative risk factors.
  • To discuss how multimodal prehabilitation strategies, including exercise and nutrition, can positively influence perioperative metabolism.
  • To highlight potential therapeutic targets for minimizing surgical complications by improving preoperative metabolic health.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current literature on ERAS protocols and prehabilitation.
  • Discussion of metabolic perturbations in high-risk surgical populations.
  • Analysis of the role of exercise and nutrition in multimodal prehabilitation.

Main Results:

  • Preoperative metabolic perturbations like insulin resistance and sarcopenia can worsen postoperative catabolism.
  • Interventions improving insulin sensitivity before surgery show promise in reducing complications.
  • Multimodal prehabilitation, incorporating exercise and nutrition, may mitigate negative metabolic effects.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing preoperative risk factors is essential for maximizing the benefits of perioperative interventions.
  • Prehabilitation strategies targeting metabolic health represent a promising approach to improve surgical outcomes.
  • Further research is needed to fully elucidate the impact of prehabilitation on perioperative metabolism.