The study covered in this summary was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. In recent years, prehabilitation programs have gained traction as a strategy to ...

We ask all of our patients to identify a support team (care coach) before their surgery date. Your support team could be a friend, family member, or neighbor—someone who you know and trust, who is ...

In patients with excess weight awaiting colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery, a low-energy total diet replacement (TDR) program was feasible, well tolerated, and associated with greater preoperative weight ...

A combination of GLP-1 agonists taken before metabolic and bariatric surgery may help patients with extreme obesity lower the risk of post-operative complications, according to a new study presented ...