Prehabilitation for the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Patient

Prehabilitation for the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Patient

Shanahan JL, Leissner KB. Prehabilitation for the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Patient. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2017 Sep;27(9):880-882.

What is already known:

The preoperative preparation of the surgical patient is a key part of a successful ERAS programme. Prehabilitation follows on from this by trying to improve the functional status of a patient by a series of interventions including exercise.

What this paper adds:

This is an interesting review of prehabiliation and the benefits thereof. But not just exercise programmes but also nutritional optimisation, anaemia and diabetes optimisation, and finally smoking and alcohol cessation.

Chris Jones, Guildford. @chrisnjones