ArticleAnnals of hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgery2022
Outcomes of an outpatient home-based prehabilitation program before pancreaticoduodenectomy: A retrospective cohort study.
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- Rationales for Prehabilitation Programs in Patients Preparing for Oncologic Surgery: A Systematic Review.Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Prehabilitation in Major Gastrointestinal Oncological Surgery: a Systematic Review.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Evolution and precision trends of pancreaticojejunostomy in pancreaticoduodenectomy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Postoperative outcomes following prehabilitationWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Prevalence of sarcopenia in patients with surgical obstructive jaundice and its impact on clinical outcomes.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Prehabilitation for muscle wasting in cancer: do definitions matter?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Review
- Multimodal prehabilitation program in patients with resectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: keypoints for an implementation protocol and literature review.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Review
- Effect of prehabilitation exercises on postoperative frailty in patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Gene Expression Comparison between Alcohol-Exposed versus Not Exposed Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients Reveals a Peculiar TGFβ-Related Phenotype: An Exploratory Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Backgrounds/Aims: Prehabilitation aims for preoperative optimisation to reduce postoperative complications. However, there is a paucity of data on its use in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Thus, this study aims to evaluate the outcomes of a home-based outpatient prehabilitation program (PP) versus no-PP in patients undergoing PD. Methods: This retrospective cohort study compared patients who underwent PP versus no-PP before elective PD from January 2016 to December 2020. Inclusion criteria for PP were < 65 years or 65-74 years with FRAIL score < 3. No-PP included dietician, case manager and anesthesia review. PP included additional physiotherapy sessions, caregiver training and interim phone consultation. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to evaluate length of stay (LOS), morbidity, 30-day readmission, and 90-day mortality. Results: Seventy-one patients (PP: n = 50 [70.4%]; no-PP: n = 21 [29.6%]) were included in this study. Median age was 65 years (interquartile range [IQR]: 58-72 years). Majority (n = 58 [81.7%]) of patients underwent open surgery. Ductal adenocarcinoma was the most common histology (49.3%). Patient demographics were comparable between both groups. Overall median LOS was 11.0 days (IQR: 8.0-17.0 days). Compared to no-PP, PP was not independently associated with reduced intra-abdominal collections (odds ratio [OR]: 0.43; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.03-6.11, Conclusions: Our outpatient PP with unsupervised exercise regimes did not improve postoperative outcomes following elective PD.
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