Prehabilitation
Exercise, nutrition and psychological preparation before surgery.
Papers per year
Each bar is 12 months; the last one ends 17 Oct 2026. New trials in the same years: 49, 66, 70, 75, 115.
New guidelines and consensus this year
- Bridging the Developmental Gap: Pediatric Considerations for the ISHLT Consensus Statement on Frailty in Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant2026 Oct 8
- Risk assessment and prevention of postoperative and postprocedural respiratory failure: recommendations from an international expert panelBr J Anaesth2026 Oct
- PeriOperative Quality Initiative consensus statement recommendations on the definitions, aims and delivery of shared decision-making for major surgeryAnaesthesia2026 Aug
- [Comprehensive rehabilitation guideline for lung transplantation]Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi2026 Jun 12
- [French recommendations for clinical practice, Nice/Saint-Paul-de-Vence 2024-2025: Management of high-grade ovarian epithelial cancer]Bull Cancer2026 Feb
All papers from the last 12 months
873 papers (18 Oct 2025 – 17 Oct 2026), newest first. Loading the full list…
- From gut dysbiosis to eubiosis: understanding microbiome recovery as an ecological processGut Microbes2026 Dec 31PMID 42021054Review
- Corrigendum to "Trimodal prehabilitation for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A best evidence summary" [Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs 13 (2026) 100993]Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs2026 DecPMID 42871757
- Mapping the future: Two decades of insights into preoperative frailty assessment in elderly patientsDialogues Health2026 DecPMID 42866225
- Efficacy of prehabilitation modalities in total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review and network meta-analysisOsteoarthr Cartil Open2026 DecPMID 42701387Review
- The Roles of Complementary Structured Exercise and Physical Therapy in The Aging and Older Adult IBD Patient Care TeamCurr Treat Options Gastroenterol2026 DecPMID 42529538
- Sexual rehabilitation across the cystectomy care pathway: pragmatic guidance for multidisciplinary teams; a narrative reviewInt J Nurs Stud Adv2026 DecPMID 42404735Review
- Trimodal prehabilitation for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A best evidence summaryAsia Pac J Oncol Nurs2026 DecPMID 42388228Review
- Prehabilitation and Patient Optimization for CystectomyUrol Clin North Am2026 NovPMID 42823044Review
- Hospital-Based Pediatric Oncology Rehabilitation: A Review of Current PracticesPhys Med Rehabil Clin N Am2026 NovPMID 42823035Review
- Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional StudyPediatr Blood Cancer2026 NovPMID 42720575
More general surgery trends
All specialties →Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
Perioperative care pathways designed to speed recovery.
AI and surgical video
Computer vision and AI applied to surgical video and intraoperative decisions.
Robotic general surgery
Robot-assisted cholecystectomy, hernia repair and colorectal surgery.
Key point: Robotic-assisted surgery was associated with a modestly shorter hospital stay and similar complications, readmissions, and reoperations versus laparoscopy in obese colorectal cancer patients.
Neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer
Chemotherapy or chemoradiation before surgery for pancreatic cancer.
Key point: After induction chemotherapy, neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is used for borderline tumours to increase chances of complete resection, though survival benefit has not been demonstrated.
Antibiotics for appendicitis
Treating uncomplicated appendicitis with antibiotics instead of surgery.
Key point: Non-operative management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis was associated with high long-term failure rates and significant risk of subsequent appendectomy.
ICG fluorescence-guided surgery
Indocyanine green imaging during surgery to assess perfusion and anatomy.
Key point: FIGS with ICG is recommended for detecting non-regional metastases, identifying primary cancers and GI cancer lymph nodes, and assessing esophageal and left-sided colorectal anastomosis quality.
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How these numbers are counted
PubMed query, searched in titles and abstracts by publication date:
prehabilitation[tiab]Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov studies first submitted in each 12-month window that match the same terms. A query can miss synonyms or catch unrelated papers, so treat counts as approximate.