Open AccessPrehabilitation in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy: a randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Fabio Ausania,
P. Senra,
R. Melendez,
Regina Caballeiro,
Rubén Ouviña,
Enrique Casal-Núñez
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2019.6182/2019
Subject(s) - prehabilitation , medicine , pancreaticoduodenectomy , randomized controlled trial , surgery , physical therapy , resection
prehabilitation has been proposed as an effective tool to prevent postoperative complications in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. However, no studies have demonstrated its effectiveness in pancreatic surgical patients. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of prehabilitation on postoperative complications in patients undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD).