Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery

Surgical treatment is commonly employed to treat patients with gynecologic cancer, although surgery itself may function as a stressor, reducing the patients’ functional capacity and recovery. Prehabilitation programs attempt to improve patients’ overall health and baseline function prior to surgery,...

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Main Authors: Jeongyun Kim, Chae Hyeong Lee, Ga Won Yim
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32/2/109
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description Surgical treatment is commonly employed to treat patients with gynecologic cancer, although surgery itself may function as a stressor, reducing the patients’ functional capacity and recovery. Prehabilitation programs attempt to improve patients’ overall health and baseline function prior to surgery, thereby enhancing recovery and lowering morbidity. In recent years, prehabilitation has come to primarily refer to multimodal programs that combine physical activity, nutritional support, psychological well-being, and other medical interventions. However, the specific methods of implementing prehabilitation and measuring its effectiveness are heterogeneous. Moreover, high-level evidence regarding prehabilitation in gynecologic cancer surgery is limited. This review provides a summary of multimodal prehabilitation studies in gynecologic oncologic surgery. Enhanced postoperative recovery, lower postoperative complications, lower rate of blood transfusions, and faster gastrointestinal functional recovery have been reported after multimodal prehabilitation interventions. Patients and healthcare professionals should recognize the importance of prehabilitation in the field of gynecologic oncologic treatment, based on the emerging evidence. In addition, there is a need to establish an appropriate target group and construct a well-designed and tailored prehabilitation program.
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spelling doaj-art-0472e5e3f10a474bb2b5eab616c5676b2025-08-20T03:12:00ZengMDPI AGCurrent Oncology1198-00521718-77292025-02-0132210910.3390/curroncol32020109Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer SurgeryJeongyun Kim0Chae Hyeong Lee1Ga Won Yim2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang 10326, Republic of KoreaSurgical treatment is commonly employed to treat patients with gynecologic cancer, although surgery itself may function as a stressor, reducing the patients’ functional capacity and recovery. Prehabilitation programs attempt to improve patients’ overall health and baseline function prior to surgery, thereby enhancing recovery and lowering morbidity. In recent years, prehabilitation has come to primarily refer to multimodal programs that combine physical activity, nutritional support, psychological well-being, and other medical interventions. However, the specific methods of implementing prehabilitation and measuring its effectiveness are heterogeneous. Moreover, high-level evidence regarding prehabilitation in gynecologic cancer surgery is limited. This review provides a summary of multimodal prehabilitation studies in gynecologic oncologic surgery. Enhanced postoperative recovery, lower postoperative complications, lower rate of blood transfusions, and faster gastrointestinal functional recovery have been reported after multimodal prehabilitation interventions. Patients and healthcare professionals should recognize the importance of prehabilitation in the field of gynecologic oncologic treatment, based on the emerging evidence. In addition, there is a need to establish an appropriate target group and construct a well-designed and tailored prehabilitation program.https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32/2/109cancerfrailtygynecologic surgerypostoperative complicationsprehabilitationpreoperative care
spellingShingle Jeongyun Kim
Chae Hyeong Lee
Ga Won Yim
Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
Current Oncology
cancer
frailty
gynecologic surgery
postoperative complications
prehabilitation
preoperative care
title Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
title_full Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
title_fullStr Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
title_short Multimodal Prehabilitation for Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
title_sort multimodal prehabilitation for gynecologic cancer surgery
topic cancer
frailty
gynecologic surgery
postoperative complications
prehabilitation
preoperative care
url https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/32/2/109
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