TY - JOUR
T1 - The European Hernia Society Prehabilitation Project
T2 - a systematic review of patient prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia surgery
AU - Jensen, K K
AU - East, B
AU - Jisova, B
AU - Cano, M López
AU - Cavallaro, G
AU - Jørgensen, L N
AU - Rodrigues, V
AU - Stabilini, C
AU - Wouters, D
AU - Berrevoet, F
N1 - © 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - BACKGROUND: Ventral hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide. To reduce the risk of complications, patient prehabilitation has received increasing focus in recent years. To assess prehabilitation measures, this European Hernia Society endorsed project was launched. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the current literature on patient prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia repair.METHODS: The strategies examined were optimization of renal disease, obesity, nutrition, physical exercise, COPD, diabetes and smoking cessation. For each topic, a separate literature search was conducted, allowing for seven different sub-reviews.RESULTS: A limited amount of well-conducted research studies evaluating prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia surgery was found. The primary findings showed that smoking cessation and weight loss for obese patients led to reduced risks of complications after abdominal wall reconstruction.CONCLUSION: Prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia repair may be widely used; however, the literature supporting its use is limited. Future studies evaluating the impact of prehabilitation before ventral hernia surgery are warranted.
AB - BACKGROUND: Ventral hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide. To reduce the risk of complications, patient prehabilitation has received increasing focus in recent years. To assess prehabilitation measures, this European Hernia Society endorsed project was launched. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the current literature on patient prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia repair.METHODS: The strategies examined were optimization of renal disease, obesity, nutrition, physical exercise, COPD, diabetes and smoking cessation. For each topic, a separate literature search was conducted, allowing for seven different sub-reviews.RESULTS: A limited amount of well-conducted research studies evaluating prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia surgery was found. The primary findings showed that smoking cessation and weight loss for obese patients led to reduced risks of complications after abdominal wall reconstruction.CONCLUSION: Prehabilitation prior to ventral hernia repair may be widely used; however, the literature supporting its use is limited. Future studies evaluating the impact of prehabilitation before ventral hernia surgery are warranted.
KW - Exercise
KW - Hernia, Ventral/surgery
KW - Herniorrhaphy/adverse effects
KW - Humans
KW - Obesity
KW - Postoperative Complications/etiology
KW - Preoperative Care/methods
KW - Preoperative Exercise
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U2 - 10.1007/s10029-022-02573-2
DO - 10.1007/s10029-022-02573-2
M3 - Review
C2 - 35212807
SN - 1265-4906
VL - 26
SP - 715
EP - 726
JO - Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
JF - Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
IS - 3
ER -