4 Topic Commentaries

Prehabilitation Program May Benefit Patients Undergoing CRC Surgery

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  Emily B. Rivet, MD, MBA

  Colon & Rectal Surgery

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  Virginia Commonwealth University

  In their article in JAMA Surgery, Sabajo et al present compelling evidence that prehabilitation improves clinically meaningful outcomes, including postoperative complications and length of stay, for patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery.

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  Melina R. Kibbe, MD

  Surgery

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  UTHealth Houston

  Prehabilitation has been shown throughout many studies to improve postoperative surgical outcomes. The concept of prehabilitation makes sense to surgeons: the stronger a patient is physically going into the surgery, the easier it is to recover postoperatively.

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  Brice Gaudilliere, MD, PhD

  Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

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  Stanford University School of Medicine

  It emphasizes how personalizing the prehab program enhances adherence, which results in a larger immune-modulatory effect and improves pre- and post-operative clinical outcomes.

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  Robert Cima, MD

  Colon & Rectal Surgery

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  Mayo Clinic

  Just like an athlete, you’re going to perform better if you’re in better shape and your strength is better. Surgery is a major event, a physiologic injury, and you have to be able to respond to that.

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