Tang HHY, Mok E, Yeung HS, Wei MYK, Yeung JMC. Digital health and medical technology for perioperative sarcopenia optimisation and prehabilitation - Where to go from here?
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 2024;
50:108376. [PMID:
38761510 DOI:
10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108376]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
Abstract
Sarcopenia has been shown to cause poorer outcomes in surgical oncology. With the advancement of artificial intelligence technology, body composition analysis can be obtained with ease. Given the lead time between cancer diagnosis and surgery, selected patients at risk of complications secondary to sarcopenia may be amenable to prehabilitation. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the rapid adaptation of digital health and medical technology. Our perspective piece will review the current available evidence and propose innovative ways to incorporate technology into physical and nutritional prehabilitation.
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