Supervised Home-Based Exercise Prehabilitation in Unfit Patients Scheduled for Pancreatic Surgery: Protocol for a Multicenter Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Morbidity rates in pancreatic surgery are high, and frail patients with low aerobic capacity are especially at risk of complications and require prophylactic interventions. Previous studies of small patient cohorts receiving intra-abdominal surgery have shown that an exercise prehabilitation program increases aerobic capacity, leading to better treatment outcomes.

Objective

In this study, we aim to assess the feasibility of a home-based exercise prehabilitation program in unfit patients scheduled for pancreatic surgery on a larger scale.

Methods

In this multicenter study, adult patients scheduled for elective pancreatic surgery with a preoperative oxygen uptake (VO₂) at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold ≤13 mL/kg/min or a VO₂ at peak

SUBMITTER: Hildebrand ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10514766 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature