Improving Outcomes After Surgery —An Old Medication With Unexpected Benefits

This study demonstrates how variables besides coexisting medical diseases can affect surgical outcomes. Metformin now joins β-blockers, statins, and immunonutrition as preoperative agents associated with improved surgical outcomes. It may be only a matter of time before optimization of postoperative outcomes with perioperative medications and supplements becomes a standard. To answer this question more completely, furth er analysis or future trials should factor in statin use, as well as whether medications are continued in the postoperative period.
Source: JAMA Surgery - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research