Prehabilitation to Overcome the Stress of Surgery: the Role of Nutrition in Enhancing Postoperative Functional Capacity

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2012
To determine the impact of nutritional supplementation with whey protein on postoperative functional capacity in patients undergoing colorectal surgery for cancer.It is hypothesized that, compared with a control group receiving nutrition counselling only, patients receiving nutritional counselling along with preoperative and postoperative nutritional supplements will have a significantly improved change in functional walking capacity from baseline to 8 weeks after surgery.
Epistemonikos ID: 699038854f4d03d1e131c5636fb3bf5dcb0ce9fd
First added on: May 11, 2024