Key result
Prehabilitation prevents functional decline and improves perioperative physical fitness in major cancer surgery.
Why the study?
Prehabilitation aims to prevent or attenuate surgery-related functional decline, but evidence on its effectiveness for postoperative complications and oncologic outcomes remains limited.
Does prehabilitation prevent functional decline in patients undergoing major cancer surgery?
Does prehabilitation prevent functional decline in patients undergoing major cancer surgery?
Prehabilitation improves perioperative physical fitness and prevents functional decline in patients undergoing major cancer surgery, though evidence for harder clinical outcomes is still needed.
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May support prehabilitation before cancer surgery; leaves open effects on hard outcomes.
Minnella et al. (2020) conducted a review in Major cancer surgery. Prehabilitation was evaluated on Perioperative functional capacity, surgical and oncologic outcomes. Prehabilitation prevents functional decline associated with major cancer surgery and demonstrates a positive effect on perioperative physical fitness.
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