Optimizing Your Surgical Recovery:
Good Habits
Surgical Prehabilitation
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Prehabilitation is focused on optimizing surgical recovery by ensuring you show up to surgery with the "best case scenario" for healing afterwards.
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This specifically includes optimizing nutrition and minimizing de-conditioning from any illnesses, including the one causing you to need surgery.
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For major surgery, I will often recommend dietary protein supplementation for at least 1 week before surgery.
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Optimizing blood sugar control before elective surgery is essential.
ERAS
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
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ERAS includes hospital-based processes to assure optimal recovery.
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These processes are aimed at preventing infections, blood clots, and other complications.​
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You may receive antibiotics, blood thinners, and physical therapy as a part of your enhanced recovery.
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The hope is that you will be discharged from the hospital and back to your normal life as quickly as possible when we invest in Surgical Prehab and ERAS.