Multimodal prehabilitation for upper gastrointestinal tumors: effects on postoperative morbidity and mortality - a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Conclusion The implementation of prehabilitation in UGI cancer patients is safe and shows a positive trend toward reducing minor postoperative complications, thereby enhancing patient comfort and potentially accelerating recovery time.

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However, considering the heterogeneity and applying a random-effects model, this difference reached only a statistical trend rather than robust significance.

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Results The meta-analysis showed a trend toward a lower incidence of minor postoperative complications (Clavien–Dindo Grade I–II) in the prehabilitation group.

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