Prehabilitation before major intra-abdominal cancer surgery: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although prehabilitation programmes for patients undergoing major intra-abdominal cancer surgery have been shown to improve pre-operative physical fitness, the conclusions regarding any postoperative benefits are inconsistent.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to evaluate the content of and the outcome measures used in studies of prehabilitation programmes for these patients. It was hypothesised that the content of prehabilitation programmes is often therapeutically invalid, and that the postoperative outcomes assessed are inadequate to evaluate the impact of complications.

Design

A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Data sources

Studies published between January 2009 and January 2019 were retrieved from PubMed, Embase and PEDro.

SUBMITTER: Thomas G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6855314 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature