Open AccessEffect of Exercise and Nutrition Prehabilitation on Functional Capacity in Esophagogastric Cancer Surgery
Author(s) -
Enrico Maria Minnella,
Rashami Awasthi,
Sarah-Ève Loiselle,
Ramanakumar V. Agnihotram,
Lorenzo Ferri,
Francesco Carli
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.1645
Subject(s) - prehabilitation , medicine , esophagogastric junction , cancer surgery , cancer , physical therapy , surgery , general surgery , adenocarcinoma
Preserving functional capacity is a key element in the care continuum for patients with esophagogastric cancer. Prehabilitation, a preoperative conditioning intervention aiming to optimize physical status, has not been tested in upper gastrointestinal surgery to date.
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