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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Prehabilitation Effective, Even for High-Risk Surgeries


Originally published by our sister publication Anesthesiology News

BALTIMORE—A new study has demonstrated the important role that surgical prehabilitation can play in optimizing outcomes of surgical patients, even those undergoing very high-risk procedures.

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that their Surgical Prehabilitation and Readiness (SPAR) enhanced recovery after surgery program yielded improvements in end points such as 30-day mortality, discharge to extended