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Prehabilitation, improving postoperative outcomes.

J Chmelo, I Chmelová, A W Phillips

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    Prehabilitation, a program of interventions before surgery, enhances cardiopulmonary fitness and improves patient outcomes. This approach, including exercise and nutritional support, shows promise in reducing postoperative complications and improving recovery.

    Keywords:
    Surgical oncologycardiopulmonary fitnessphysical exercisepostoperative outcomesprehabilitationsurgical oncology

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    Area of Science:

    • Cardiopulmonary physiology
    • Surgical recovery optimization
    • Evidence-based medicine

    Background:

    • Cardiopulmonary fitness significantly influences post-operative outcomes, including morbidity, mortality, and quality of life.
    • Prehabilitation involves interventions before surgery to mitigate peri-operative risks and enhance recovery.
    • This field is gaining traction due to growing evidence of its effectiveness.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review the current evidence on prehabilitation's impact on cardiopulmonary fitness and post-operative outcomes.
    • To highlight the components and potential benefits of prehabilitation programs.
    • To identify knowledge gaps and future research directions in prehabilitation.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of existing scientific literature on prehabilitation.
    • Analysis of studies demonstrating the effectiveness of prehabilitation interventions.
    • Discussion of multimodal approaches including exercise, nutrition, and psychological support.

    Main Results:

    • Prehabilitation demonstrably improves cardiopulmonary fitness.
    • Interventions can lead to reduced post-operative morbidity and mortality.
    • Multimodal programs, especially those incorporating exercise (including high-intensity interval training), nutritional, and psychological support, are increasingly preferred.

    Conclusions:

    • Prehabilitation is a promising strategy for improving surgical outcomes, particularly in elective surgery.
    • Individualized, multimodal prehabilitation programs should be initiated early after diagnosis.
    • Further large-scale randomized trials are needed to establish optimal prehabilitation protocols and integrate them into routine clinical care.