Improved preoperative aerobic fitness following a home-based bimodal prehabilitation programme in high-risk patients scheduled for liver or pancreatic resection

TY - JOUR

T1 - Improved preoperative aerobic fitness following a home-based bimodal prehabilitation programme in high-risk patients scheduled for liver or pancreatic resection

AU - van Wijk, Laura

AU - Bongers, Bart C.

AU - Berkel, Annefleur E.M.

AU - Buis, Carlijn I.

AU - Reudink, Muriël

AU - Liem, Mike S.L.

AU - Slooter, Gerrit D.

AU - van Meeteren, Nico L.U.

AU - Klaase, Joost M.

N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank Lode Holding for the use of cycle ergometers and Nutricia for the provision of nutritional supplements; H. Kotte (physiotherapist, Fysio Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands), P. Weltevreden (physiotherapist, FITclinic, Enschede, the Netherlands), and E. van Zutphen (physiotherapist, Paramedics, Assen, the Netherlands) for their contribution in delivering the training programme; and all the physiotherapists who contributed to this study by supervising the patients. This article is original work, and has not been published before, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere in its final form, in either printed or electronic media. No preregistration exists for the study reported in this article.

PY - 2022/11/1

Y1 - 2022/11/1

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85140144273

U2 - 10.1093/bjs/znac230

DO - 10.1093/bjs/znac230

M3 - Article

C2 - 35851601

AN - SCOPUS:85140144273

SN - 0007-1323

VL - 109

SP - 1036

EP - 1039

JO - British Journal of Surgery

JF - British Journal of Surgery

IS - 11

ER -