SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2022
The effect of prehabilitation on the postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing colorectal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The impact of exercise interventions before, during, and following neoadjuvant therapies for locally advanced rectal cancer: a critical review.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of prehabilitation programmes on postoperative outcomes in older adults undergoing major abdominal, cardiac or vascular surgery: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of prehabilitation for patients with colorectal surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating multimodal prehabilitation into enhanced recovery after surgery programs (MPhERAS) for elderly patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies.Techniques in coloproctology · 2025Pooled it
- Evaluating the therapeutic quality of prehabilitation programmes in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2025Pooled it
- Multimodal prehabilitation is an effective strategy to reduce postoperative complications and improve physical function and anxiety in patients with colorectal cancer undergoing elective surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Physical Prehabilitation for Older Patients with Cancer before Complex Medical-Surgical Interventions: An Umbrella Review.Aging and disease · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of multimodal prehabilitation and exercise prehabilitation on patients undergoing colorectal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
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- Prehabilitation Prior to Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Impact and Implementation.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation and postoperative outcomes in colorectal surgery: an umbrella review.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026Review
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- Negative impact of sarcopenia on survival in elderly patients with colorectal cancer receiving surgery: A propensity‑score matched analysis.Oncology letters · 2024Article
- The impact of preoperative sarcopenia on postoperative ileus following colorectal cancer surgery.Techniques in coloproctology · 2023Article
- Smoking Cessation for Preoperative Optimization.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2023Review
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Abstract
Study objective: Prehabilitation is analogous to marathon training and includes preoperative preparation for exercise, as well as nutrition and psychology. However, evidence-based recommendations to guide prehabilitation before colorectal surgery are limited. We aimed to evaluate the effect of prehabilitation on the postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Design: This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: The PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases were searched for studies reporting the effect of prehabilitation strategies versus standard care or rehabilitation in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. The primary outcomes were overall postoperative complications and length of hospital stay (LOS), and the secondary outcome was functional capacity (measured using the 6-min walk test [6MWT]) at 4 and 8 weeks after surgery. Main results: Fifteen studies with 1,306 participants were included in this meta-analysis. The results showed no significant reduction in the number of overall postoperative complications (risk ratio = 1.02; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.79-1.31; Conclusions: Prehabilitation did not significantly affect the number of postoperative complications, LOS, or functional capacity of patients undergoing colorectal surgery. Whether prehabilitation should be recommended deserves further consideration. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=290108, identifier CRD42021290108.
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