The British journal of surgery
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Prehabilitation is safe, feasible and may improve a range of outcomes in patients with oesophago-gastric cancer (OGC). Recent studies have suggested the potential of prehabilitation to improve body composition, sarcopenia and physical fitness, reduce surgical complications and improve quality of life. Despite this, prehabilitation services are not offered throughout all OGC centres in the UK. Where prehabilitation is offered, delivery and definitions vary significantly, as do funding sources and access. ⋯ Consensus statements encompassing the interventions and outcomes of prehabilitation services in oesophago-gastric cancer surgery have been developed to inform the implementation of programmes.
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Up to half of all surgical adverse events are due to non-technical errors, making non-technical skill assessment and improvement a priority. No specific tools are available to retrospectively identify non-technical errors that have occurred in surgical patient care. This original study aimed to develop and provide evidence of validity and inter-rater reliability for the System for Identification and Categorization of Non-technical Error in Surgical Settings (SICNESS). ⋯ The SICNESS is a reliable and valid tool, enabling retrospective identification and categorization of non-technical errors associated with death, occurring in real surgical patient interactions.
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Letter Multicenter Study
Artificial intelligence-based anatomy recognition in laparoscopic hepatectomy: multicentre study.