Erschienen in:
01.12.2018 | Cancer Anesthesia (B Riedel and V Gottumukkala, Section
Editors)
Prehabilitation Prior to Major Cancer Surgery: Training for
Surgery to Optimize Physiologic Reserve to Reduce Postoperative
Complications
verfasst von:
Hilmy Ismail, Prue Cormie, Kate Burbury, Jamie Waterland, Linda Denehy, Bernhard Riedel
Erschienen in:
Current Anesthesiology Reports
|
Ausgabe 4/2018
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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 of literature requires
perioperative medicine clinicians to appraise and build on the robustness of the
data and to consider pragmatic strategies toward implementation of what appears
to be a cost-effective intervention.
Summary
A redesign of perioperative care pathways with early risk stratification and implementing risk
mitigation strategies is essential to delivering on the value proposition of
healthcare. Challenges include a redesign of funding models to deliver such
services, engaging patients with relatively remote access to such services, and
the cultural trends of sedentary lifestyles and perceived urgency to have
immediate surgery at all costs.