“Prehabilitation Reduces Postoperative Complications in Colorectal Carcinoma, but Surgeon Remains Skeptical”

Prehabilitation prior to resection of colorectal carcinoma reduces the risk of postoperative complications. Some aspects of physical functioning also recover better. This is the conclusion of the researchers of a recently published international randomized trial. However, surgeon-oncologist Hans de Wilt is not yet convinced.

In the trial, which was coordinated from…

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