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Prehabilitation in preparation for surgery.

Daniel I McIsaac1,2, Leandra Amado1,2, Gurlavine Kidd2

  • 1Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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|July 6, 2026
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Summary
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Prehabilitation programs improve patient health before surgery. Multimodal approaches, particularly exercise and nutrition, show the most promise for better surgical outcomes.

Keywords:
General surgeryNeurocognitive disordersNutritional sciencesPhysical and rehabilitation medicine

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Area of Science:

  • Surgical optimization
  • Patient recovery enhancement
  • Multimodal interventions

Background:

  • Aging surgical populations and increasing frailty lead to significant postoperative complications and costs.
  • Patient-prioritized outcomes like disability affect over 20% of major surgery patients.
  • Prehabilitation offers a strategy to improve patient health during the preoperative waiting period.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the current evidence for various prehabilitation components.
  • To assess the effectiveness of different prehabilitation interventions on surgical outcomes.
  • To identify knowledge gaps and future research directions in prehabilitation.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of evidence for prehabilitation components.
  • Inclusion of exercise, respiratory, nutritional, cognitive, and psychosocial interventions.
  • Analysis of patient-centered outcomes and healthcare costs.

Main Results:

  • Respiratory prehabilitation has high-certainty evidence for reducing postoperative pulmonary complications.
  • Multimodal prehabilitation, especially combining exercise and nutrition, appears most effective for improving outcomes.
  • Other prehabilitation components show promising but lower-certainty benefits.

Conclusions:

  • Prehabilitation, particularly multimodal programs, can enhance surgical patient outcomes.
  • Further research is needed on optimal program design, delivery, target populations, and adherence strategies.
  • Integrating technology and optimizing patient support are key to improving prehabilitation effectiveness and reach.