Prehabilitation, making patients fit for surgery - a new frontier in perioperative care.

ABSTRACT: Optimizing a patients' condition before surgery to improve the postoperative outcome can be achieved by using prehabilitation; preoperative interventions focusing on modifiable risk factors to improve the physical, nutritional, and mental status of the patient. A multimodal, multidisciplinary approach induces a synergistic effect between the various interventions and affects the outcome postoperatively. While awaiting higher-quality evidence, the worldwide implementation of prehabilitation programs has started, resulting in a true revolution in perioperative care.

SUBMITTER: Molenaar CJL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8059351 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature