ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protocols are step-by-step care plans that help patients recover faster after surgery. They focus on keeping the body's normal functions, lowering stress from surgery, and supporting a quicker recovery. In gynecologic cancer surgeries, ERAS has been shown to help patients do better, have fewer problems, and leave the hospital sooner.
A prehabilitation program, in combination with ERAS protocols, aims to optimize patients' physical and psychological condition prior to surgery for gynecological cancers. Interventions may include tailored exercise, nutritional support, respiratory training, and psychological preparation. By enhancing baseline fitness and resilience, prehabilitation improves the body's ability to tolerate surgical stress, reduces complications, and facilitates a faster, smoother recovery within the ERAS framework.
Type of gynecological malignancy: endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, treated with laparotomy after the decision of the gynecological-oncology unit (positive opinion of the Multidisciplinary Tumor Board - MDT)
Patient age: 18 to 85 years
General condition of the patient: ASA score I-III
Consent to implement the accelerated recovery protocol - Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
Women with performance status: ECOG >2 and ASA score >III
Women who have not been informed and have given written consent
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Lead sponsor
Catalysis SL
Collaborator