Prehabilitation Prior to Major Cancer Surgery: Training for Surgery to Optimize Physiologic Reserve to Reduce Postoperative Complications

Abstract

Purpose of Review: The aging, sedentary global population and associated increasing incidence of cancer calls for increasingly complex surgery. These patients are at particular risk of postoperative complications. This review will explore the redesign of the perioperative care pathway, with emphasis on preoperative risk stratification to identify modifiable risk, to implement risk mitigation strategies (e.g., prehabilitation), and to partner with patients to enhance recovery after surgery. Recent Findings: In the last decade, there has been a growing body of literature surrounding prehabilitation. A number of these studies report a staggering halving of postoperative complications. This body..