Prehabilitation in elective abdominal cancer surgery in older patients: systematic review and meta‐analysis Prehabilitation in abdominal cancer surgery S. L. Daniels, M. J. Lee, J. George, K. Kerr, S. Moug, T. R. Wilson et al.

Abstract

This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted with reference to the Cochrane Handbook and is reported using the PRISMA guidelines[bjs550347-bib-0021]. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42019120381). The primary objective was to determine whether any modality of prehabilitation (alone or in combination) before elective abdominal surgery leads to a reduction in either length of hospital stay (LOS) or complications (overall, pulmonary, wound infection rate, delirium, severe complications) compared with a control arm that does not include prehabilitation. The review was undert