Impact of preoperative uni- or multimodal prehabilitation on postoperative morbidity: meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative complications occur in up to 43% of patients after surgery, resulting in increased morbidity and economic burden. Prehabilitation has the potential to increase patients' preoperative health status and thereby improve postoperative outcomes. However, reported results of prehabilitation are contradictory. The objective of this systematic review is to evaluate the effects of prehabilitation on postoperative outcomes (postoperative complications, hospital length of stay, pain at postoperative day 1) in patients undergoing elective surgery.

Methods

The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs published between January 2006 and June 2023 comparing prehabilitation programmes lasting ≥14 days to 'standard of care' (SOC) and reporting p

SUBMITTER: Cambriel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726416 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature