Personalized community-based prehabilitation for a high-risk surgical patient opting for pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy: a case report.

Conclusion: Preoperative risk-assessment can support clinical decision-making in a high-risk patient opting for major abdominal surgery. Furthermore, a remarkable improvement in physical functioning can be achieved by community-based prehabilitation in a high-risk surgical patient.
PMID: 32013652 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Physiotherapy Theory and Practice - February 3, 2020 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: A van Beijsterveld C, Bongers BC, den Dulk M, Dejong CH, van Meeteren NL Tags: Physiother Theory Pract Source Type: research