Augustinas Bausys, Martynas Luksta, Giedre Anglickiene, Vyte V Maneikiene, Marius Kryzauskas, Andrius Rybakovas, Audrius Dulskas, Justas Kuliavas, Eugenijus Stratilatovas, Lina Macijauskiene, Toma Simbelyte, Jelena Celutkiene, Ieva E Jamontaite, Alma Cirtautas, Svetlana Lenickiene, Dalia Petrauskiene, Evelina Cikanaviciute, Edita Gaveliene, Gertruda Klimaviciute, Kornelija Rauduvyte, Rimantas Bausys, Kestutis Strupas
BACKGROUND: Recent studies have demonstrated that prehabilitation improves patients' physical fitness but its impact on postoperative morbidity remains unclear. This study aimed to assess the effect of personalized, multimodal, semisupervised, home-based prehabilitation on postoperative complications after surgery for gastric cancer. METHODS: This RCT was conducted at two centres in Lithuania. Patients (aged at least18 years) with gastric cancer scheduled to undergo elective primary surgery or surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer were randomized (1 : 1) to prehabilitation or standard care...
September 26, 2023: British Journal of Surgery