Intensive perioperative rehabilitation improves surgical outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy

Although the mortality rate for pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) has decreased to around 2.8–5% in high-volume centers, postoperative complications are still common in 30–50% of cases. Preoperative exercise, called “prehabilitation,” has been recently reported to reduce the frequency of complications after surgery. This study aims to evaluate the impact of the intensive perioperative rehabilitation on improvement of surgical outcomes for patients...