Personalising prehabilitation: are super surgery schools the future?
Denny Z H Levett1, Imogen Fecher-Jones1
1Perioperative and Critical Care Research Theme, Southampton NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton/University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|November 20, 2025
Summary
Prehabilitation programs before surgery show promise for improving patient recovery. However, this study found no significant impact on hospital stay length, highlighting implementation challenges for complex interventions.
Area of Science:
- Surgical outcomes research
- Implementation science
- Rehabilitation medicine
Background:
- Prehabilitation is a multimodal intervention aimed at optimizing patient function before surgery.
- It seeks to improve surgical outcomes by enhancing physiological reserve.
- Integrating prehabilitation into routine care presents implementation challenges.
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