Effects of different prehabilitation programs on the major abdominal surgery population: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients undergoing major abdominal surgery experience high rates of postoperative complications, mortality and healthcare utilization. Prehabilitation is intervention to enhance functional capacity before surgery, aimed at improving the patient's tolerance to upcoming physiologic stress. We performed a network meta-analysis (NMA) to evaluate the relative effects of different prehabilitation programs on improving fitness and surgical outcomes in patients with the major abdominal surgery.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Cochrane from inception to June 2025. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating prehabilitation programs for major abdominal surgery related outcomes of peak volume of oxygen uptake (VO_2peak

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12846943 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature